Valmiki Ramayana 2.24.34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24, Shloka 34

कौशल्यारामसंवादः

Kausalya–Rama Dialogue on Exile-Dharma

Devanagari script

प्रत्यागते महाभागे कृतार्थे चरितव्रते।पितुरानृण्यतां प्राप्ते त्वयि लप्स्ये परं सुखम्।।2.24.34।।

Transliteration

pratyāgate mahābhāge kṛtārthe caritavrate |

pitur ānṛṇyatāṃ prāpte tvayi lapsye paraṃ sukham || 2.24.34 ||

Translation

O greatly fortunate one—when you return with your purpose fulfilled, your vow completed, and the debt to your father discharged—then I shall attain the highest happiness.

Word by Word

• pratyāgate: when (you have) returned
• pratyāgate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-√ā-gam (धातु) (kta-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Kta, Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Eka-vacana; locative absolute with tvayi (understood)

• mahābhāge: O greatly fortunate one / when you, the fortunate one
• mahābhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya: mahān bhāgaḥ yasya; Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Eka-vacana; vocative sense contextually but form is locative agreeing in locative absolute series

• kṛtārthe: with purpose accomplished
• kṛtārthe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: kṛtaḥ arthaḥ yena; Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Eka-vacana; in locative absolute series

• caritavrate: whose vow has been fulfilled
• caritavrate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: carita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: caritaṃ vrataṃ yena; Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Eka-vacana; in locative absolute series

• pituḥ: of (your) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (genitive), Eka-vacana

• ānṛṇyatām: freedom from debt; discharge of obligation
• ānṛṇyatām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānṛṇyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (accusative), Eka-vacana

• prāpte: when (it is) obtained
• prāpte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) (kta-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Kta, Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Eka-vacana; locative absolute with tvayi: 'when ... is obtained'

• tvayi: when you
• tvayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saptamī (locative), Eka-vacana; locus for locative absolute

• lapsye: I shall obtain
• lapsye: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (Simple Future/लृट्), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Eka-vacana, Ātmanepada

• param: supreme
• param: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka-liṅga, Dvitīyā, Eka-vacana; viśeṣaṇa of sukham

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka-liṅga, Dvitīyā, Eka-vacana

Context

O reverend one!, when you come back after having accomplished your purpose, performed your vows and acquitted yourself of the debt you owe your father, I shall attain supreme happiness.

Characters & Entities

• Kauśalyā
• Rāma
• Daśaratha (father implied)

FAQs

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

Dharma is the faithful completion of vows and repayment of filial obligation—truthfully honoring the father’s claim and moral “debt.”

What is the narrative situation?

Kauśalyā frames her hope: her peace will come only when Rāma returns after fulfilling exile-related duties to his father.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s reliability in dharma (satya to vows), mirrored by Kauśalyā’s reverence for moral obligation.