Shloka 9

वर्षावर्णनम्

The Monsoon Description and Rama’s Counsel on Timing

Devanagari script

एष फुल्लार्जुनश्शैलः केतकैरधिवासितः।सुग्रीव इव शान्तारिर्धाराभिरभिषिच्यते।।

Transliteration

eṣa phullārjunaś śailaḥ ketakair adhivāsitaḥ | sugrīva iva śāntārir dhārābhir abhiṣicyate ||

Translation

此山芳馥，遍布鸡冠花（ketakī）之香与阿周那树繁花盛开；雨流如注为之沐浴，宛如苏格利瓦息却仇怨，受流泉之水灌顶加持。

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Viśeṣya/Pradarśaka (विशेष्य/प्रदर्शक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• फुल्ल-अर्जुनः: with blooming arjuna trees
• फुल्ल-अर्जुनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (फुल्लः अर्जुनः यस्य/यत्र) — ‘arjuna trees in bloom’ (elliptic qualifier of शैलः)

• शैलः: mountain
• शैलः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• केतकैः: with ketaka flowers
• केतकैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अधिवासितः: perfumed, filled with fragrance
• अधिवासितः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधि-√वास् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त (PPP) = perfumed/filled (with fragrance)

• सुग्रीवः: Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• शान्त-अरिः: one whose enemies are pacified
• शान्त-अरिः: Upamāna-viśeṣaṇa (उपमान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (कृदन्त; √शम्) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शान्ताः अरयः यस्य सः)

• धाराभिः: by streams (of water)
• धाराभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अभिषिच्यते: is sprinkled/consecrated
• अभिषिच्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√सिच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

Context

'This mountain scented by the fragrance of arjuna and ketaka flowers is bathed in rain water just as Sugriva, tranquilled by the destruction of the enemy is consecrated instreams of (sacred) waters.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• Sugriva
• mountain (śaila)
• arjuna (tree/flower)

FAQs

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

Dharma in kingship includes restoration and stabilization after conflict—enmity pacified and rule ritually/ethically ‘settled,’ symbolized by consecration.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama describes the rain-washed mountain and connects it poetically to Sugriva’s newly settled state after overcoming hostility.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rama’s interpretive wisdom: he links natural order with political-moral order, reading events through dharmic symbolism.