Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 37

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

देवगन्धर्वगोलोकान्ब्रह्मलोकां स्तथाऽपरान्।प्राप्नुवन्ति महात्मानो मातापितृपरायणाः।।2.30.37।।

Transliteration

deva-gandharva-go-lokān brahma-lokāṃs tathāparān |

prāpnuvanti mahātmāno mātā-pitṛ-parāyaṇāḥ ||2.30.37||

Translation

Großherzige, die Mutter und Vater ergeben sind, gelangen zu erhabenen Sphären—zu den Welten der Devas, der Gandharvas, zur Go-loka, zur Welt Brahmās und auch zu anderen höheren Welten.

Word by Word

• deva-gandharva-go-lokān: worlds of gods, gandharvas, and cows (go-worlds)
• deva-gandharva-go-lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + go (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (deva-gandharva-go) + तत्पुरुष (…-loka = 'worlds of …')

• brahma-lokān: worlds of Brahmā
• brahma-lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: brahmaṇaḥ lokaḥ

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (तथाशब्दः = 'likewise/also')

• aparān: other (worlds)
• aparān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying 'lokān' (understood)

• prāpnuvanti: attain, reach
• prāpnuvanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) with pra-
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahātmānaḥ: great men
• mahātmānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya: 'great-souled'

• mātā-pitṛ-parāyaṇāḥ: devoted to mother and father
• mātā-pitṛ-parāyaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः: द्वन्द्व (mātā-pitṛ) + तत्पुरुष (…-parāyaṇa = 'devoted to …'); adjective qualifying 'mahātmānaḥ'

Context

Great men who are devoted to the service of their parents attain the world of the gods, of gandharvas, of cows, of Visnu, of Brahma and other worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Sita
• devas
• gandharvas
• mother
• father

FAQs

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

Devotion to parents is elevated as a direct dharmic cause for higher spiritual attainments, linking family duty with cosmic reward.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama continues to justify obedience to parental command, showing that serving parents is not merely social duty but spiritually consequential.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Reverence and gratitude: the virtue of seeing parents as worthy of the highest devotion.