Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 71, Shloka 6

जनककुलवर्णनम् तथा सीतोर्मिलादानम्

Janaka’s Genealogy and the Bestowal of Sita and Urmila

Devanagari script

सुकेतोरपि धर्मात्मा देवरातो महाबल:।देवरातस्य राजर्षेर्बृहद्रथ इति स्मृत:।।।।

Transliteration

suketor api dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ |

devarātasya rājarṣer bṛhadratha iti smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

由苏计都亦生出正法而大力的提婆罗多；而那位王仙提婆罗多之子，传称为广车（Bṛhadratha）。

Word by Word

• सुकेतोः: of Suketu
• सुकेतोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (Tatpuruṣa: धर्मस्य आत्मा), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• देवरातः: Devarāta
• देवरातः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• महाबलः: very mighty
• महाबलः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः (Karmadhāraya: महत् बलम् यस्य), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• देवरातस्य: of Devarāta
• देवरातस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• राजर्षेः: of the royal sage
• राजर्षेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (Tatpuruṣa: राज्ञां ऋषिः), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• बृहद्रथः: Bṛhadratha
• बृहद्रथः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहद्रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः (Karmadhāraya: बृहद् रथः), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• इति: thus; as
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्मृतः: was known (as)
• स्मृतः: Karta (कर्ता/subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'is known/called'

Context

To-day the star Makha is on the ascendant. O King perform the marriage on the, third day from today under Uttara-Phalguni star. Gifts may be given for the happiness of Rama and Lakshmana".ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে বালকাণ্ডে একসপ্ততিতমস্সর্গ:৷৷Thus ends the seventyfirst sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Suketu
• Devarāta

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Power (bala) is ethically framed when joined with dharma; strength is praised alongside righteousness, not apart from it.

What is the narrative situation?

The genealogy names Devarāta and then Bṛhadratha, reinforcing the antiquity and legitimacy of Mithilā’s royal line.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The ideal of the ‘rājarṣi’—a ruler whose authority is tempered by ascetic-like moral discipline.