Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 44

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

भूषणानि महार्हाणि वरवस्त्राणि यानि च।रमणीयाश्च ये केचित्क्रीडार्थाश्चाप्युपस्कराः।।2.30.44।।शयनीयानि यानानि मम चान्यानि यानि च।देहि स्वभृत्यवर्गस्य ब्राह्मणानामनन्तरम्।।2.30.45।।

Transliteration

bhūṣaṇāni mahārhāṇi varavastrāṇi yāni ca |

ramaṇīyāś ca ye kecit krīḍārthāś cāpy upaskarāḥ ||2.30.44||

Translation

As for the highly precious ornaments, the fine garments, and whatever charming accessories there are for enjoyment and play—

Word by Word

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahārhāṇi: very valuable
• mahārhāṇi: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-arha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying 'bhūṣaṇāni/varavastrāṇi/…'

• vara-vastrāṇi: fine clothes
• vara-vastrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); 'excellent garments'

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun referring to items

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• ramaṇīyāḥ: charming
• ramaṇīyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramaṇīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying 'upaskarāḥ'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• ye: which (those)
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun referring to 'upaskarāḥ'

• kecit: some, any
• kecit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kecit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); indefinite pronoun

• krīḍā-arthāḥ: meant for sport
• krīḍā-arthāḥ: Karta (कर्ता; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krīḍā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'for play' qualifying 'upaskarāḥ'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अपि = 'also')

• upaskarāḥ: articles, equipment
• upaskarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता; items to be given—understood as objects in instruction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upaskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śayanīyāni: fit for lying/sleeping (beds, couches)
• śayanīyāni: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śayanīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying 'yānāni'

• yānāni: vehicles, conveyances
• yānāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying 'yāni (things)'

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sva-bhṛtya-vargasya: of your own attendants’ group
• sva-bhṛtya-vargasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; beneficiary group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: कर्मधारय (sva-bhṛtya = 'one's own servants') + तत्पुरुष (…-varga = 'group of …')

• brāhmaṇānām: of/for the brahmins
• brāhmaṇānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); 'after (giving) to brahmins' sense with 'anantaram'

• anantaram: after that, thereafter
• anantaram: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रमवाचक-अव्यय): 'afterwards/thereafter'

Context

What may be the cause for your fear and depression behind your desire to desert one who is so exclusively devoted to you?

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

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

The verse supports dharma through vairāgya (dispassion): luxury items tied to pleasure are to be relinquished and redirected, preparing the mind for truthful, austere living.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma itemizes categories of royal luxuries to be distributed away as part of the exile transition.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Practical renunciation—turning away from courtly pleasures without resentment, in alignment with a higher duty.