Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.8: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 8

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

स्वयं तु भार्यां कौमारीं चिरमध्युषितां सतीम्।शैलूष इव मां राम परेभ्यो दातुमिच्छसि।।2.30.8।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.30.8

Transliteration

svayaṃ tu bhāryāṃ kaumārīṃ ciram adhyuṣitāṃ satīm |

śailūṣa iva māṃ rāma parebhyo dātum icchasi ||2.30.8||

Translation

কিন্তু হে ৰাম, তুমি যেন এজন শৈলূষ (নট)ৰ দৰে মোক পৰলৈ দিব খুজিছা—মোক, তোমাৰ কৌমাৰী সতি, যি দীৰ্ঘকাল তোমাৰ সৈতে বাস কৰি আহিছে।

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Word by Word

• svayam: yourself
• svayam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-अव्यय (by oneself)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/बल-अव्यय

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kaumārīm: young / maidenly
• kaumārīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhāryām)

• ciram: for long
• ciram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ciram (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (for a long time)

• adhyuṣitām: long dwelt with (by you)
• adhyuṣitām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi + √vas (वस्, धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhāryām); ‘dwelt with/inhabited’

• satīm: chaste / virtuous
• satīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhāryām)

• śailūṣaḥ: an actor
• śailūṣaḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śailūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• parebhyaḥ: to others
• parebhyaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), बहुवचन

• dātum: to give
• dātum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to give’

• icchasi: you wish
• icchasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (इष्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Context

Distribute among your attendants highly valuable ornaments and excellent clothing, charming articles meant for (court) sport, my couches, chariots and all other things. Offer the rest to brahmins.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma

FAQs

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

It underscores the dharma of marital loyalty and protection: treating one’s spouse as transferable property violates righteousness; Sītā challenges any action that would betray truth and commitment.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā emotionally contests the idea of being left behind or ‘given away’ while Rāma goes to the forest, using a sharp simile to highlight the impropriety.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s self-respect and moral clarity—she defends the sanctity of marriage and her rightful place beside her husband.