Shloka 7

लक्ष्मणस्य वनानुगमन-प्रतिज्ञा तथा आयुध-संग्रहः

Lakshmana’s Vow to Follow Rama and the Retrieval of Divine Weapons

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञातश्च भवता पूर्वमेव यदस्म्यहम्।किमिदानीं पुनरिदं क्रियते मन्निवारणम्।।।।

Transliteration

anujñātaś ca bhavatā pūrvam eva yad asmy aham | kim idānīṃ punar idaṃ kriyate man-nivāraṇam ||

Translation

Da du mir schon zuvor die Erlaubnis gegeben hast, warum wird mir jetzt abermals dieses Verbot auferlegt?

Word by Word

• यदर्थम्: for what reason
• यदर्थम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
• Form: समासवत् अव्यय: यद् + अर्थम्; interrogative adverb ‘for what reason’

• प्रतिषेधः: prohibition/restraint
• प्रतिषेधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिषेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; subject of क्रियते

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); here dative sense ‘for me/against me’

• क्रियते: is being done
• क्रियते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive)

• गन्तुम्: to go
• गन्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् infinitive; ‘to go’

• इच्छतः: of (me) desiring
• इच्छतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इच्छत् (प्रातिपदिक; from √इष्/इच्छ्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त present participle used adjectivally; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; qualifies implicit ‘me’/speaker: ‘of me who desire’

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इच्छामि: I wish
• इच्छामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विज्ञातुम्: to know
• विज्ञातुम्: Karma (कर्म/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् infinitive; ‘to know clearly’

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (reason/emphasis)

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Context

You have granted permission to me earlier.Why are you now preventing me?

Characters & Entities

• Lakshmaṇa
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Satya as consistency: Lakshmaṇa appeals to the ethical weight of prior consent—words and permissions should not be reversed without reason.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakshmaṇa questions Rāma’s change in stance, pointing out that he had earlier been allowed to accompany him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Frankness joined with respect—he challenges the decision, yet addresses Rāma within the bounds of brotherly reverence.