Śatrughna
Family: Ayodhyá · Role: prince · First appears: Book I, Canto 19 · The Birth Of The Princes
Born to Sumitrá and Daśaratha alongside Lakshmaṇ in Book I, Śatrughna was named by Vaśishṭha with the other princes. In Book I, Janak agreed that Śatrughna and Bharat would marry his nieces; Śatrughna wed Srutakírti at the princes’ wedding. He later departed with Bharat and Yudhájit, and in Book II remained Bharat’s close companion.
After Daśaratha’s death in Book II, Śatrughna fell in grief beside Bharat, then performed the funeral rites with him. He seized Manthará in anger, but released her when Bharat intervened. At their farewell, Ráma embraced both brothers and asked them not to be angry with Kaikeyí. Śatrughna rode with Bharat to Nandigrám; in Book VI, when Bharat sent him to arrange a welcome for Ráma, he ordered men to prepare and decorate the road for Ráma’s return.
Relationship record
Book I, Canto 19 · The Birth Of The Princes
- parent: Sumitrá “Sumitrá too a noble pair, Called Lakshmaṇ and Śatrughna, bare,”
- parent: Daśaratha “The high-souled monarch’s consorts bore At different times those glorious four,”
- siblings with Ráma “The high-souled monarch’s consorts bore At different times those glorious four,”
- siblings with Bharat “The high-souled monarch’s consorts bore At different times those glorious four,”
- siblings with Lakshmaṇ “Sumitrá too a noble pair, Called Lakshmaṇ and Śatrughna, bare,”
Book I, Canto 72 · The Gift Of Kine
- with Janak (Janak consents to Śatrughna marrying one of his nieces.) “My nieces twain Let Bharat and Śatrughna gain,”
- parent: Daśaratha (Śatrughna is one of Daśaratha’s sons.) “All Daśaratha’s sons, I ween,”
- siblings with Bharat (Both are identified as Daśaratha’s sons.) “All Daśaratha’s sons, I ween,”
Book I, Canto 73 · The Nuptials
- married with Srutakírti “Then to Śatrughna: “In thy grasp The hand of Srutakírti clasp.”
Book I, Canto 77 · Bharat’s Departure
- siblings with Bharat “Then Bharat for the road prepared, And with Śatrughna forth he fared.”
Book II, Canto 1 · The Heir Apparent
- siblings with Bharat (They are identified as brothers among Daśaratha’s children.) “And for his fond companion chose Śatrughna slayer of his foes.”
- siblings with Ráma “To all the princes, young and brave, His soul with fond affection clave; Around his loving heart they clung Like arms from his own body sprung.”
- friends with Bharat “And for his fond companion chose Śatrughna slayer of his foes.”