Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 79, Shloka 9

भरतस्य राज्यत्यागः तथा रामानयनप्रतिज्ञा

Bharata Rejects Kingship and Vows to Bring Rama Back

Devanagari script

युज्यतां महती सेना चतुरङ्गमहाबला।आनयिष्याम्यहं ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरं राघवं वनात्।।2.79.9।।

Transliteration

yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅga-mahābalā | ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt || 2.79.9 ||

Translation

Que se reúna el gran ejército, poderoso y de cuatro divisiones; yo traeré de vuelta del bosque a mi hermano mayor, Rāghava.

Word by Word

• युज्यताम्: let (it) be marshalled
• युज्यताम्: Kriyā (आज्ञार्थक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yuj (धातु; युज् योगे)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; passive/impersonal sense ‘let it be yoked/marshalled’

• महती: great
• महती: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; qualifying सेना

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: senā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; subject of युज्यताम्

• चतुरङ्ग: four-divisional
• चतुरङ्ग: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur-aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु/तत्पुरुष (चतुर् + अङ्ग ‘four-limbed/divisions’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifying सेना

• महाबला: very powerful
• महाबला: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महā + बल); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; qualifying सेना

• आनयिष्यामि: I will bring
• आनयिष्यामि: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु; √nī नयने)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ज्येष्ठम्: eldest
• ज्येष्ठम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; qualifying भ्रातरम्

• भ्रातरम्: brother
• भ्रातरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; object of आनयिष्यामि

• राघवम्: Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; apposition to भ्रातरम्

• वनात्: from the forest
• वनात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ablative of source

Context

Let the great and powerful army of four divisions be marshalled. I will bring back my eldest brother Rama from the forest.

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Rama (Rāghava)
• forest (vana/araṇya)

FAQs

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

Political power must serve righteousness: Bharata mobilizes state resources not for conquest but to re-establish legitimate rule and uphold truth in the kingdom.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata prepares an official expedition to the forest with the royal army, intending to persuade Rama to return and assume kingship.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Resolve in dharma (dhṛti) and responsible leadership—using authority to correct injustice rather than benefit oneself.