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Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 73, Shloka 37

त्रिसप्ततितमः सर्गः (Sarga 73): Mithilā Vivāha

Kanyādāna and the Fourfold Marriage Rites

Devanagari script

काकुत्स्थैश्च गृहीतेषु ललितेषु च पाणिषु।।।।पुष्पवृष्टिर्महत्यासीदन्तरिक्षात्सुभास्वरा।

Transliteration

kākutsthaiś ca gṛhīteṣu laliteṣu ca pāṇiṣu | puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd antarikṣāt subhāsvarā ||

Translation

当噶库特斯塔诸王子执起那柔美的手时，天空中降下盛大而灿然的花雨。

Word by Word
काकुत्स्थैःby the Kakutsthas (Rama etc.)
काकुत्स्थैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाकुत्स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction
गृहीतेषुwhen/while (they were) held/accepted
गृहीतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगृह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → गृहीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural
ललितेषुin the graceful
ललितेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootललित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural (qualifying pāṇiṣu)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction
पाणिषुin (their) hands
पाणिषु:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural
पुष्पवृष्टिःa rain of flowers
पुष्पवृष्टिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुष्पाणां वृष्टिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
महतीgreat
महती:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (agreeing with puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ)
आसीत्was (occurred)
आसीत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular
अन्तरिक्षात्from the sky
अन्तरिक्षात्:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular
सुभास्वराbrilliant/splendid
सुभास्वरा:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + भास्वर (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
Formकर्मधारय (सु-भास्वरा = अत्यन्तं भास्वरा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (agreeing with puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ)
Context

While the descendants of Kakustha (Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna) heldthe elegant hands (of Sita, Urmila, Mandavi, and Srutakirti) there was a heavy rain of bright flowers from the sky.

Characters & Entities
A
antarikṣa (sky)
P
puṣpa (flowers)

FAQs

A dhārmic act, performed rightly, is portrayed as harmonizing with the cosmos—nature and the divine realm symbolically affirm the truth and righteousness of the union.

At the moment of hand-taking, auspicious signs appear: a radiant shower of flowers falls from the heavens.

The princes’ purity of conduct and legitimacy of the rite—suggested by the auspicious heavenly response.

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