Valmiki Ramayana 2.41.3: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41, Shloka 3

अयोध्यायाः शोकप्रकम्पः

Ayodhya’s Tremor of Grief and Omens

Devanagari script

न क्रुध्यत्यभिशप्तोऽपि क्रोधनीयानि वर्जयन् ।

क्रुद्धान्प्रसादयन्सर्वान् समदुःखः क्व गज्छति ॥३॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.41.3

Transliteration

na krudhyaty abhiśapto 'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan |

kruddhān prasādayan sarvān samaduḥkhaḥ kva gacchati ||3||

Translation

Wohin ist er nun gegangen — er, der selbst bei Schmähung nicht zürnt; der Taten meidet, die Zorn erregen; der alle Erbosten besänftigt; und der den Schmerz der anderen teilt?

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• krudhyati: gets angry
• krudhyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: krudh (धातु)
• Form: Verb, Present/लट्, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• abhiśaptaḥ: cursed/denounced
• abhiśaptaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi + śap (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'even if cursed' qualifying implied subject (Rāma)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (निपात), concessive 'even'

• krodhanīyāni: provocations to anger
• krodhanīyāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodhanīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; 'things that cause anger' object of 'varjayan'

• varjayan: avoiding
• varjayan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛj/varj (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'avoiding'

• kruddhān: the angry (people)
• kruddhān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kruddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; object of 'prasādayan'

• prasādayan: appeasing
• prasādayan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + sad (धातु)
• Form: Causative sense in usage 'to please/appease'; present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'appeasing'

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; qualifying 'kruddhān'

• samaduḥkhaḥ: sharing their sorrow
• samaduḥkhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; karmadhāraya: sama-duḥkha = sharing equal sorrow / sympathetic

• kva: where
• kva: Desha-prashna (देश-प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: Interrogative indeclinable (प्रश्न-अव्यय)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Verb, Present/लट्, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Context

Where is he who, even if reviled, never gets angry, never does acts that provoke anger, pacifies those who are enraged and shares the sorrows of others going now?

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

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

Dharma is expressed as kṣamā (restraint from anger) and ahiṃsā in conduct: one avoids anger-provoking acts, calms conflict, and responds to insult without retaliation—an ideal of righteous character.

What is the narrative situation?

After Rāma is compelled toward forest-exile, the queens in the palace grieve and repeatedly ask where such a virtuous prince has gone.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s forbearance and peacemaking: he does not become angry even when abused, and he reconciles others while empathizing with their suffering.