Shloka 8

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

निवेदितं मया होतद्‌ दुःखमूलं यथातथम्‌ । विधान तत्र भगवन्‌ कर्तुमर्हसि युक्तित:

Transliteration

niveditaṃ mayā hy etad duḥkhamūlaṃ yathātatham | vidhānaṃ tatra bhagavan kartum arhasi yuktitaḥ ||

Translation

私は、わが悲嘆の根本の原因を、ありのまま真実に申し述べました。尊き御方よ、いまこそ確かな理によって、この件における正しく相応しい方策を定められるべきです。

Word by Word

• निवेदितम्: has been reported/stated
• निवेदितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवेदित (√विद्/√वेद् + नि, caus./denom. sense 'to inform')
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Instrumental, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दुःखमूलम्: the root/cause of sorrow
• दुःखमूलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःखमूल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विधानम्: arrangement; proper course/decision
• विधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there; in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• भगवन्: O Lord/Venerable one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युक्तितः: by/according to reasoning; properly
• युक्तितः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Ablative (used adverbially), Singular

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Akṛtavraṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Having stated the truth about one’s suffering, one should seek a decision grounded in yुक्ति (reasoned judgment) and न्याय (justice), not in impulse—placing the matter before a competent, respected authority to determine the proper dharmic course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa addresses a revered figure, saying he has already disclosed the true cause of his distress and now requests that the addressee decide and implement an appropriate, just response through careful reasoning.