Valmiki Ramayana 2.103.5: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103, Shloka 5

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Devanagari script

इत स्सुमित्रे पुत्रस्ते सदा जलमतन्द्रितः ।

स्वयं हरति सौमित्रिर्मम पुत्रस्य कारणात् ॥५॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.103.5

Transliteration

itaḥ sumitre putras te sadā jalam atandritaḥ |

svayaṁ harati saumitrir mama putrasya kāraṇāt ||5||

Translation

O Sumitrā, von hier bringt dein Sohn Saumitri, stets unermüdlich, das Wasser immer wieder eigenhändig herbei, um meines Sohnes willen.

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Word by Word

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb: ‘from here’)

• सुमित्रे: O Sumitrā
• सुमित्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमित्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, विशेषणरूपेण (qualifies पुत्रः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अतन्द्रितः: untiring/without indolence
• अतन्द्रितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies पुत्रः/सौमित्रिः)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मकर्तृवाचक (reflexive adverb: ‘himself’)

• हरति: carries
• हरति: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सौमित्रिः: Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)
• सौमित्रिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक (Lakṣmaṇa)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, विशेषणरूपेण (qualifies पुत्रस्य)

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कारणात्: because of / on account of
• कारणात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause)

Context

O Sumitra, your son Lakshmana, free from laziness, always carries water from here for the sake of my son.

Characters & Entities

• Kausalyā
• Sumitrā
• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitri)
• Rāma
• water (jalam)

FAQs

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

Dharma appears as selfless service: Lakṣmaṇa’s willing labor for Rāma models devoted duty without ego or complaint.

What is the narrative situation?

Kausalyā points out to Sumitrā how Lakṣmaṇa personally performs humble tasks in the forest for Rāma’s sake.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Lakṣmaṇa’s atandritatā—unceasing diligence—expressed through practical service.