Shloka 9

लङ्काद्वारव्यूहवर्णनम् / Disposition at the Gates of Lanka

Devanagari script

संविधानंयथाहुस्तेरावणस्यदुरात्मनः ।राम तद्ब्रुवतस्सर्वंयथात्त्वेनमेशृणु ।।।।

Transliteration

saṃvidhānaṃ yathāhus te rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ | rāma tad bruvataḥ sarvaṃ yathātattvena me śṛṇu ||

Translation

罗摩啊，他们已如实告诉我，那心怀恶念的罗波那如何部署其军。如今你当从我这里详听一切。

Word by Word

• संविधानम्: organization, disposition
• संविधानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as, how
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमान/अन्वय (as, in the way that)

• आहुः: they said
• आहुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• रावणस्य: of Rāvaṇa
• रावणस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दुरात्मनः: of the evil-minded (one)
• दुरात्मनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘दुरात्मा’ (evil-souled); पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; रावणस्य इति विशेषणम्

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वम् इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धेन ‘that’

• ब्रुवतः: of (me) speaking
• ब्रुवतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-कृदन्त ‘ब्रुवत्’; पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of me/one who is speaking’

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथात्त्वेन: truthfully, as it is
• यथात्त्वेन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathātattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (instrumental used adverbially); भावे ‘as it really is’

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचनरूप (Genitive/Dative sg form)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Context

"My ministers Anala, Sarabha, Sampathi and also Praghasa went to Lanka and saw it and returned."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa
• Vibhīṣaṇa

FAQs

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

Satya (truthfulness) as a pillar of dharma: reliable counsel must be factual and complete, enabling righteous decision-making.

What is the narrative situation?

Vibhīṣaṇa prepares to brief Rāma on the enemy’s military disposition based on first-hand reconnaissance.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Truthful counsel—Vibhīṣaṇa positions himself as a trustworthy guide committed to factual reporting.