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Valmiki Ramayana 2.39.39Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39, Shloka 39

एकोनचत्वारिंशः सर्गः

Dasaratha’s Lament, Sumantra’s Commission, and Sita’s Vow of Marital Dharma

वचनं राघवस्यैतध्दर्मयुक्तं समाहितम्।शुश्रुवुस्ताः स्त्रियंस्सर्वा श्शोकोपहतचेतसः।।2.39.39।।

vacanaṃ rāghavasyaitad dharma-yuktaṃ samāhitam | śuśruvus tāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ śokopahata-cetasaḥ || 2.39.39 ||

શોકથી આઘાત પામેલા ચિત્તવાળી તે સર્વ સ્ત્રીઓએ રાઘવના આ ધર્મયુક્ત અને સ્થિર વચનો સાંભળ્યા.

वचनम्speech, words
वचनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvacana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
राघवस्यof Raghava (Rama)
राघवस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootrāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वचनम् इति विशेषण
धर्मयुक्तम्righteous
धर्मयुक्तम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma-yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘endowed with dharma’; वचनम् इति विशेषण
समाहितम्well-composed, balanced
समाहितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā√dhā (सम् + आ + धा धातु) + kta
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘well-composed/collected’; वचनम् इति विशेषण
शुश्रुवुःheard
शुश्रुवुः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
ताःthose (women)
ताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘all’; स्त्रियः इति विशेषण
शोकोपहतचेतसःwith minds afflicted by grief
शोकोपहतचेतसः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśoka-upahata-cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः — ‘शोकेन उपहतं चेतः यसाम्’ (whose minds are afflicted by grief); स्त्रियः इति विशेषण

Only because of Kaikeyi who resorted to this deception in pursuit of selfish ends so many people are made to suffer.

R
Rāma (Rāghava)

FAQs

Dharma expressed as inner steadiness: righteous speech is marked not only by content but by samādhāna (composed clarity), even in crisis.

After Rāma asks forgiveness and bids farewell, the palace women—overcome with sorrow—hear his calm, dharma-aligned words.

Rāma’s self-control and moral clarity; the women’s deep attachment and grief.

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