Shloka 10

सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः

Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove

Devanagari script

यदि पश्येत्स रामस्त्वां रोषदीप्तेन चक्षुषा।रक्षस्त्वमद्य निर्धग्धो गच्छेस्सद्यः पराभवम्।।।।

Transliteration

yadi paśyet sa rāmas tvāṃ roṣadīptena cakṣuṣā |

rakṣas tvam adya nirdagdho gacches sadyaḥ parābhavam ||

Translation

羅刹よ、もしラーマが怒りに燃える眼でおまえを見たなら、まさに今日にもおまえは焼き尽くされ、たちまち滅びに至るであろう。

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Vākya-sambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional conjunction

• paśyet: should see
• paśyet: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया) (conditional)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to rāmaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• roṣa-dīptena: burning with anger
• roṣa-dīptena: Karaṇa (करण) (qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīpta (कृदन्त from √dīp)
• Form: Puṃ/Napुंसक, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; Tatpuruṣa: roṣeṇa dīpta 'inflamed with anger'; agrees with cakṣuṣā

• cakṣuṣā: with (his) eye(s)
• cakṣuṣā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana (Vedic/irregular stem); instrument

• rakṣaḥ: O demon
• rakṣaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (used as address), Sambodhana (Voc.)/Prathamā form, Ekavacana; 'O demon'

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता) (of gaccheḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā, Ekavacana

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb of time)

• nirdagdhaḥ: burnt up
• nirdagdhaḥ: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-√dah (धातु)
• Form: PPP (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate adjective to tvam

• gaccheḥ: would go/meet
• gaccheḥ: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative), Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb): immediately

• parābhavam: defeat/destruction
• parābhavam: Karma (कर्म) (goal of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parābhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

Context

O demon, you will be completely consumed if Rama looks at you with eyes burning in anger.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

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

Dharma includes the duty to restrain evil: righteous power, when directed against adharma, becomes protective justice rather than cruelty.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā warns Rāvaṇa of the consequences if Rāma becomes aware and confronts him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s courage and truth-speaking: she does not flatter power but speaks plainly about moral and karmic consequence.