Shloka 6

शततमः सर्गः — Rāma Questions Bharata on Rājadharma

Governance, Counsel, and Public Welfare

Devanagari script

कच्चिद्धारयते तात राजा यत्त्वमिहाऽगतः।कच्चिन्न दीन स्सहसा राजा लोकान्तरं गतः।।।।

Transliteration

kaccid dhārayate tāta rājā yat tvam ihāgataḥ | kaccin na dīnaḥ sahasā rājā lokāntaraṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

Mein Kind, nun da du hierher gekommen bist: Lebt der König noch? Möge der König nicht in plötzlicher Verzagtheit in die andere Welt hingegangen sein.

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: I hope/Is it so?
• कच्चित्: निपात (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-निपात (interrogative particle: 'I hope/Is it the case?')

• धारयते: is sustaining/surviving
• धारयते: क्रिया (Kriyā/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'holds on/survives'

• तात: dear
• तात: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• राजा: the king
• राजा: कर्ता (Kartā/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्: since/that
• यत्: हेतु/सम्बन्ध (cause/connection marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle: 'since/that')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Kartā/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• आगतः: have come
• आगतः: कर्ता-विशेषण (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'त्वम्' इति विशेषण

• कच्चित्: I hope
• कच्चित्: निपात (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-निपात

• न: not
• न: निपात (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• दीनः: dejected
• दीनः: कर्ता-विशेषण (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'राजा' इति विशेषण

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: suddenly)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: कर्ता (Kartā/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकान्तरम्: to the other world
• लोकान्तरम्: कर्म (Karma/object of 'गतः')
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: लोकस्य अन्तरम् (another world)

• गतः: has gone (departed)
• गतः: कर्ता-विशेषण (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'राजा' इति विशेषण

Context

My dear (brother), now that you have come here, I trust, king Dasaratha is keeping good health and hope, he has not departed prematurely in despondency for the other world.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Bharata
• King Daśaratha

FAQs

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

Filial and royal duty are bound to truth and steadiness: grief should not drive one to rash collapse; life’s responsibilities must be carried with composure.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata arrives to meet Rama; Rama anxiously asks whether their father Daśaratha is still alive and not overcome by despair.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Concern and responsibility—Rama’s dutiful attention to the king’s welfare and the stability of the realm.