Valmiki Ramayana 2.9.32: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 32

मन्थराप्रेरणा · वरद्वय-स्मरणं च

Manthara’s Provocation and the Recalling of Two Boons

Devanagari script

रामप्रव्राजनं चैव देवि याचस्व तं वरम् ।

एवं सिद्ध्यन्ति पुत्रस्य सर्वार्थास्तव भामिनि ॥३२॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.9.32

Transliteration

rāmapravrājanaṃ caiva devi yācasva taṃ varam |

evaṃ siddhyanti putrasya sarvārthās tava bhāmini ||32||

Translation

يا سيدتي الملكة، اسأليه أيضًا تلك العطية: نفيَ راما؛ فهكذا، يا ذات العاطفة المتقدة، تتحقق لابنك جميع المقاصد.

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Word by Word

• rāmapravrājanam: Rama's exile
• rāmapravrājanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pravrājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): rāmasya pravrājanam; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• devi: O queen/lady
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• yācasva: request/beg
• yācasva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yāc (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम); Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; refers to the king

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• evam: thus/in this way
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• siddhyanti: are accomplished
• siddhyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sidh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• putrasya: of (your) son
• putrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• sarvārthāḥ: all aims/interests
• sarvārthāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya: sarve arthāḥ; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; subject of siddhyanti

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

Context

O Devi! demand Rama's exile as a boon. O lovely queen! this way all the interestsof your son will be fulfilled (protected).

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Kaikeyī
• Bharata (as 'son')
• boon (vara)

FAQs

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

It demonstrates ‘ends justify means’ reasoning, which the epic ultimately critiques; dharma demands that rightful aims be pursued through righteous means.

What is the narrative situation?

Mantharā presses Kaikeyī to include Rāma’s exile explicitly among the boons to secure Bharata’s position.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Maternal partiality is invoked—concern for one’s child—yet it is pushed beyond dharma into harmful favoritism.