Valmiki Ramayana 2.27.4: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 4

सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

भर्तुर्भाग्यं तु भार्यैका प्राप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ।अतश्चैवाहमादिष्टा वने वस्तव्यमित्यपि।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.27.4

Transliteration

bhartur bhāgyaṃ tu bhāryaikā prāpnoti puruṣarṣabha |

ataś caivāham ādiṣṭā vane vastavyam ity api ||

Translation

হে পুৰুষশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! স্বামীৰ ভাগ্যত একমাত্ৰ পত্নীয়েই সহভাগিনী হয়; সেয়ে মোকো বনতে বাস কৰিবলৈ আদিষ্ট কৰা হৈছে—তোমাৰ আজ্ঞা মোৰ ওপৰতো বাধ্যতামূলক।

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Word by Word

• bhartuḥ: of the husband
• bhartuḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• bhāgyam: fortune/destiny
• bhāgyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (contrast/emphasis)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• ekā: alone/only
• ekā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; adjective qualifying bhāryā

• prāpnoti: obtains
• prāpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (प्र-आप् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• puruṣarṣabha: O best of men
• puruṣarṣabha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa-ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative), Ekavacana

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; inference)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Hetu-avyaya (therefore/from this)

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• ādiṣṭā: (have been) ordered
• ādiṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता; adjectival to aham)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-diś (आ-दिश् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle; Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; 'having been ordered'

• vane: in the forest
• vane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana

• vastavyam: must dwell
• vastavyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (वस् धातु) + tavya (तव्य)
• Form: Kṛtya gerundive; Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; impersonal obligation

• iti: thus/that
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; quotation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति)

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

Context

A wife alone, O best of men shares the destiny of her husband. I am also therefore, ordered to dwell in the forest. ( a command to you is a command to me).

Characters & Entities

• Sita
• Rama
• forest (vana)

FAQs

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

Sītā articulates marital dharma as shared fate and shared duty: the spouse should not seek comfort apart from the other’s righteous path, especially in hardship.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma tries to prevent Sītā from joining him in exile; Sītā counters by asserting that her rightful place is with him in the forest.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s loyalty and truth-commitment (satya): she treats Rāma’s dharmic decision as her own binding duty, showing steadfast companionship.