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Valmiki Ramayana 2.12.18: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 18

द्वादशः सर्गः · Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse

Ayodhya Kanda 12

तच्छ्रुत्वा शोकसन्तप्ता सन्तापयसि मां भृशम् ।

आविष्टाऽसि गृहं शून्यं सा त्वं परवशं गता ॥१८॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.12.18

tac chrutvā śokasantaptā santāpayasi māṃ bhṛśam |

āviṣṭā 'si gṛhaṃ śūnyaṃ sā tvaṃ paravaśaṃ gatā ||18||

Als du dies hörtest, von Kummer verzehrt, quälst du mich über alle Maßen. Du bist in dieses verlassene Gemach eingetreten; so bist du in die Gewalt eines anderen geraten.

तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (object of श्रुत्वा = ‘having heard that’)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter nominative/accusative singular); सर्वनाम
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया; modifies main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’
शोकसन्तप्ताtormented by sorrow
शोकसन्तप्ता:
कर्ता (subject; ‘you’ implied)
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √तप्) (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (feminine nominative singular); विशेषणम्; समासः—शोकेन सन्तप्ता (instrumental-tatpurusha sense)
सन्तापयसिyou afflict / cause pain
सन्तापयसि:
क्रिया (main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसन् + तप् (धातु) → सन्तापय (णिजन्त/causative stem)
Formलट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् (present indicative, 2nd person singular, parasmaipada); णिजन्तः (causative) = ‘you cause to suffer’
माम्me
माम्:
कर्म (object of सन्तापयसि)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (accusative singular); सर्वनाम
भृशम्greatly, exceedingly
भृशम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (modifies सन्तापयसि)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)
आविष्टाentered / having entered
आविष्टा:
कर्ता-विशेषण (predicate adjective with असि)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + विश् (धातु) → आविष्ट (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (feminine nominative singular); ‘entered/possessed’
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (copula; links subject to predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् (present indicative, 2nd person singular): ‘you are’
गृहम्house, chamber
गृहम्:
कर्म (object of implied ‘enter’ in आविष्टा)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter accusative singular)
शून्यम्empty, deserted
शून्यम्:
विशेषण (of गृहम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootशून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter accusative singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies गृहम्)
साshe/that (i.e., such)
सा:
कर्ता (appositional to त्वम्)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (feminine nominative singular); सर्वनाम; बलार्थक-उपपद (emphatic ‘that/so’)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्ता (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (nominative singular); सर्वनाम
परवशम्under another’s control
परवशम्:
गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म/द्वितीया (accusative of state/goal with गता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक) + वश (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter accusative singular); विशेषणम्; समासः—परस्य वशः (genitive-tatpurusha sense) = ‘under another’s control’
गताgone, become
गता:
क्रिया (predicate; with subject त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (feminine nominative singular); ‘gone/come to (a state)’

Further you are tormented with sorrow under the influence of others' insinuations. You are causing me great pain by entering the empty chamber of wrath.

D
Daśaratha
K
Kaikeyī

FAQs

Dharma warns against surrendering moral agency to external manipulation. Right counsel (satya-yukta advice) should guide action, not grief-driven or politically motivated influence.

Daśaratha interprets Kaikeyī’s behavior as the result of being swayed by others and laments her withdrawal into the ‘empty chamber’ of anger/sulk.

Moral discernment: Daśaratha identifies the danger of paravaśatā (being controlled by others) as a cause of adharma.

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