Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34, Shloka 46

रामदर्शनार्थं दारानयनम्

The Queens Summoned; Rama’s Leave-Taking and Dasaratha’s Collapse

Devanagari script

अपगच्छतु ते दु:खं माभूर्बाष्पपरिप्लुतः।न हि क्षुभ्यति दुर्धर्षः समुद्रः सरितां पतिः।।।।

Transliteration

apagacchatu te duḥkhaṁ mā bhūr bāṣpa-pariplutaḥ |

na hi kṣubhyati durdharṣaḥ samudraḥ saritāṁ patiḥ ||

Translation

Let your grief depart; do not be flooded with tears. The indomitable ocean—the lord of rivers—is not shaken.

Word by Word

• apagacchatu: may (it) go away
• apagacchatu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√gam (गम्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• duḥkham: grief
• duḥkham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; गन्तव्य-कर्तृ (subject of apagacchatu)

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (prohibitive particle) used with imperative

• bhūḥ: become
• bhūḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• bāṣpa-pariplutaḥ: overwhelmed with tears
• bāṣpa-pariplutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + paripluta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied 'tvam'); तत्पुरुष: 'बाष्पैः परिप्लुतः' (flooded with tears)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक (particle: indeed/for)

• kṣubhyati: is agitated
• kṣubhyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣubh (क्षुभ्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• durdharṣaḥ: indomitable
• durdharṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-dharṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of samudraḥ

• samudraḥ: ocean
• samudraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saritām: of rivers
• saritām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• patiḥ: lord
• patiḥ: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; samudraḥ केन? 'lord' in apposition

Context

Let your grief go. Do not shed tears. The indomitable ocean, Lord of rivers, is never perturbed.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Ocean (samudra)

FAQs

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

Dharma includes emotional restraint in crisis: the king should embody steadiness for the welfare of the realm.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma consoles Daśaratha, asking him to stop weeping and remain firm like the ocean.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Composure (śama) and courage (dhairya) in the face of painful duty.