Valmiki Ramayana 2.10.34: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 10, Shloka 34

क्रोधागारप्रवेशः · Entry into the Chamber of Wrath

Kaikeyī’s Protest

Spoken by King DaśarathaSetting: Ayodhyā palace (inner apartments)

Devanagari script

अहं चैव मदीयाश्च सर्वे तव वशानुगाः ।

न ते किञ्चिदभिप्रायं व्याहन्तुमहमुत्सहे ॥३४॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.10.34

Transliteration

ahaṃ caiva madīyāś ca sarve tava vaśānugāḥ |

na te kiñcid abhiprāyaṃ vyāhantum aham utsahe ||34||

Translation

Ich und alle, die zu mir gehören, sind deinem Willen gehorsam; ich würde nicht einmal wagen, irgendeinen Teil deiner Absicht zu vereiteln.

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Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तम-पुरुष-सूचक; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)

• मदीयाः: my (people/relatives)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक; अस्मद्-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; स्वकीय-जनाः (my people/relatives)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; coordinated)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समष्टि-निर्देश (all)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; coordinated)

• तव: your
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)

• वशानुगाः: obedient to (your) control
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaśa-anuga (प्रातिपदिक; वश + अनुग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)

• ते: for you / to you
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative)

• किञ्चित्: anything, even a little
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-परिमाण (a little/anything)
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)

• अभिप्रायम्: intention, wish
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiprāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)

• व्याहन्तुम्: to thwart/spoil
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-√हन् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमन्त (infinitive, तुमुन्); कर्म-क्रिया-उद्देश्य (purpose)
• Role: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)

• अहम्: I
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)

• उत्सहे: am able / dare / make effort
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)

Sandhi Notes

• चैव = च + एव
• मदीयाश्च = मदीयाः + च
• किञ्चिदभिप्रायम् = किञ्चित् + अभिप्रायम्
• व्याहन्तुमहम् = व्याहन्तुम् + अहम्

Context

My kins and I are under your control. I will make no effort to go even a little againstyour wishes.

The teaching

Authority without discernment becomes abdication; dharma requires the ruler to remain anchored in justice, not in private compulsion.

Duties in tension

• King+cs duty to uphold impartial governance vs personal submission to queen+cs will
• Protecting the realm+cs welfare vs protecting marital harmony at any cost

Ethical theme

Rājadharma / leadership integrity

For your practice

Invites reflection on right surrender: surrender to dharma/Īśvara vs surrender to fear or attachment.

Mood and themes

Rasa

Bhayanaka (fear), with Karuna (compassion)

Mood

Surrender, dread, inevitability

Themes

• Dharma
• Satya
• Ethics
• Itihasa
• Consent and agency
• Blind compliance
• Royal vulnerability

Symbolism

Relationships

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Kaikeyī

FAQs

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

Dharma values loyalty, but not at the cost of righteousness; surrendering judgment entirely to another’s desire risks abandoning the king’s duty to truth and justice.

What is the narrative situation?

Daśaratha tries to reassure Kaikeyī by declaring that he and his household will follow her wishes without resistance.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty and pliancy—presented in a way that foreshadows ethical peril when loyalty becomes uncritical.