Shloka 62

वाली–रामसंवादः

Rama’s Justification to Vali on Rājadharma

Devanagari script

न सन्तापस्त्वया कार्य एतदर्थं प्लवङ्गम4.18.61।।न वयं भवता चिन्त्या नाप्यात्मा हरिसत्तम।वयं भवद्विशेषेण धर्मतः कृतनिश्चयाः4.18.62।।

Transliteration

na santāpas tvayā kārya etadarthaṃ plavaṅgama ||

na vayaṃ bhavatā cintyā nāpy ātmā harisattama |

vayaṃ bhavadviśeṣeṇa dharmataḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ ||

Translation

«O Plavaṅgama, betrübe dich darüber nicht. Sorge weder um uns noch um dich selbst, o Bester der Affen. Wir haben gemäß dem Dharma entschieden und dabei dein besonderes Vergehen bedacht.»

Word by Word

• tad: therefore
• tad: Sambandha (discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nipāta/avyaya used adverbially (तद् = ‘therefore/then’)

• bhavān: you
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (honorific), Prathamā, Ekavacana

• daṇḍasaṃyogāt: from (the) punishment (being applied)
• daṇḍasaṃyogāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa-saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: daṇḍasya saṃyogaḥ = ‘contact/connection with punishment’

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Pañcamī, Ekavacana

• vigatakalmaṣaḥ: freed from sin
• vigatakalmaṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vigata-kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: vigataṃ kalmaṣaṃ yasya = ‘whose sin is gone’

• gataḥ: has attained; has gone
• gataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Kta (PPP) used predicatively, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘has gone/has reached’

• svām: your own
• svām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; agrees with ‘prakṛtim’

• prakṛtim: natural state; original condition
• prakṛtim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• dharmyām: righteous
• dharmyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; agrees with ‘prakṛtim’

• dharmadṛṣṭena: by a dharma-approved
• dharmadṛṣṭena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma-dṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: dharmeṇa dṛṣṭaḥ = ‘seen/approved by dharma’

• vartmanā: by the path
• vartmanā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vartman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana

Context

'O best of monkeys, abandon all your anxiety on this score. Bother not about us or about yourself. Whatever has happened, has happened in consonance with dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vāli

FAQs

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

The same dharmic teaching is reiterated (a feature sometimes seen in recensional transmission): righteous decision-making is upheld as deliberate and principled.

What is the narrative situation?

The reassurance to Vāli is repeated in the received Southern Recension phrasing, reinforcing the consolatory message.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Consistency and steadiness—Rāma’s stance is not impulsive; it is repeatedly anchored in dharma.