Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.16 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 16

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

न मातुर्न पितुस्तत्र स्मरिष्यामि न वेश्मनः।आर्तवान्युपभुञ्जाना पुष्पाणि च फलानि च।।2.30.16।।

Transliteration

na mātur na pitus tatra smariṣyāmi na veśmanaḥ | ārtavāny upabhuñjānā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca || 2.30.16 ||

Translation

هناك في الغابة، وأنا أتمتّع بأزهار المواسم وثمارها، لن أحنّ إلى أمي ولا إلى أبي، ولا حتى إلى راحة الدار.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• mātuḥ: of (my) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• na: nor/not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• pituḥ: of (my) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• smariṣyāmi: I will remember
• smariṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• veśmanaḥ: of the home/house
• veśmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veśman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ārtavāni: seasonal
• ārtavāni: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārtava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• upabhuñjānā: enjoying/partaking
• upabhuñjānā: Karta (कर्ता/agent; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-bhuj (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• puṣpāṇi: flowers
• puṣpāṇi: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• phalāni: fruits
• phalāni: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

Context

Therefore, you should not anticipate any problem from me in the forest. Neither shall I be burdensome to you nor shall I make you experience any sorrow on my account.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma
• forest (vana)
• mother
• father

FAQs

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

Dharma is prioritizing rightful commitment: Sītā asserts that her chosen duty with her husband outweighs attachment to parental home and comfort.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā argues she can adapt to forest life and will not be emotionally destabilized by missing palace life or family if she is with Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Detachment (vairāgya) and resolve—she frames exile not as deprivation but as a shared way of life.