Valmiki Ramayana 2.92.30: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 92, Shloka 30

भरद्वाजाश्रमात् चित्रकूटमार्गनिर्देशः · Directions from Bharadvaja’s Hermitage to Chitrakuta

Spoken by Bharadvaja to Bharata

Devanagari script

देवानां दानवानां च ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् ।

हितमेव भविष्यद्धि रामप्रव्राजनादिह ॥३०॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.92.30

Transliteration

devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām |

hitam eva bhaviṣyad dhi rāmapravrājanād iha ||30||

Translation

राम के वनवास से सबका भला होगा। देवताओं का, दानवों का, और रिशियों का भी। यह सबके लिए अच्छा है।

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Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)

• दानवानाम्: of the demons
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: समुच्चय (Coordinator)

• ऋषीणाम्: of the seers
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)

• भावितात्मनाम्: of those with purified selves
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (भावितः आत्मा येषाम्)
• Role: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘ऋषीणाम्’)
• Compound: Bahuvrihi

• हितम्: welfare/benefit
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis: ‘only/indeed’)
• Role: अवधारण (Emphasis)

• भविष्यत्: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भविष्यत्-कालवाचक कृदन्त (future participle used predicatively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘हितम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय
• Role: विधेय (Predicate)

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)
• Role: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)

• रामप्रव्राजनात्: from/through Rama's banishment
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रव्राजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य प्रव्राजनम्)
• Role: अपादान (Apādāna/Source-cause)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• इह: here/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अव्यय (adverb: ‘here/now’)
• Role: देशाधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense)

Sandhi Notes

• भविष्यद्धि = भविष्यत् + हि
• रामप्रव्राजनादिह = रामप्रव्राजनात् + इह

Context

Banishment of Rama will bring about the welfare of the gods, the demons, and the sages of purified souls.

The teaching

A dharmic sacrifice, though painful to the individual, can become welfare for many orders of beings when aligned with cosmic order.

Duties in tension

• Personal happiness vs obedience to dharma/royal promise
• Individual suffering vs universal welfare

Ethical theme

Rāja-dharma / sāmānya-dharma (world-welfare)

How it resolves

Providential justification of sacrifice

For your practice

Contemplation on accepting hardship as dharma-sādhana and as service to the larger order; cultivates śānti and trust in providence.

Mood and themes

Rasa

Shanta (peace), with Adbhuta (wonder)

Mood

Providential, assured, cosmic

Themes

• Dharma
• Cosmic order
• Providence
• Satya
• Itihasa

Symbolism

Relationships

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Ṛṣis
• Bharadvāja
• Bharata

FAQs

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

Dharma operates on a cosmic scale: even painful events can serve the restoration of balance and the welfare of many beings.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharadvāja continues consoling Bharata, interpreting Rāma’s exile as ultimately beneficial for multiple worlds and communities.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Visionary wisdom: Bharadvāja reads events through a broader, truth-aligned perspective rather than immediate personal grievance.