Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103, Shloka 7

पिण्डदानदर्शनम्

The Queens Behold Rama’s Śrāddha Offering

Devanagari script

अद्यायमपि ते पुत्रः क्लेशानामतथोचितः।नीचानर्थ समाचारं सज्जं कर्म प्रमुञ्चतु।।2.103.7।।

Transliteration

adyāyam api te putraḥ kleśānām atathocitaḥ |

nīcānarthasamācāraṁ sajjaṁ karma pramuñcatu ||2.103.7||

Translation

Aun hoy, este hijo tuyo—no habituado al sufrimiento ni destinado a él—debe abandonar esta dura y degradante tarea que le ha sido impuesta.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (निपात/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies पुत्रः)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्लेशानाम्: of sufferings
• क्लेशानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अतथोचितः: unaccustomed/unsuited
• अतथोचितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तथोचित (प्रातिपदिक; components: अ + तथोचित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies पुत्रः): ‘not accustomed/unsuited’

• नीचानर्थसमाचारम्: mean and distressing practice
• नीचानर्थसमाचारम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीच-अनर्थ-समाचार (प्रातिपदिक; components: नीच + अनर्थ + समाचार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies कर्म)

• सज्जम्: undertaken/engaged in
• सज्जम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies कर्म)

• कर्म: work/service
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रमुञ्चतु: let him give up/cease
• प्रमुञ्चतु: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

This your son unaccustomed to, and undeserving of, any suffering may now give up this mean and distressing duty entrusted to him.

Characters & Entities

• Kausalyā
• Sumitrā
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

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

Dharma is balanced by compassion: even rightful service should not become needless suffering for one not meant to be burdened.

What is the narrative situation?

Kausalyā expresses protective concern that Lakṣmaṇa should be spared humiliating hardship.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Kausalyā’s maternal compassion and sensitivity to proportionality in duty.