Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 22, Shloka 3

अभिषेक-निवृत्ति-उपदेशः

Withdrawal of the Coronation: Rama’s Counsel to Lakshmana

Devanagari script

निगृह्य रोषं शोकं च धैर्यमाश्रित्य केवलम्।अवमानं निरस्येमं गृहीत्वा हर्षमुत्तमम्।।।।उपक्लृप्तं हि यत्किञ्चिदभिषेकार्थमद्य मेसर्वं विसर्जय क्षिप्रं कुरु कार्यं निरत्ययम्।।।।

Transliteration

nigṛhya roṣaṃ śokaṃ ca dhairyam āśritya kevalam | avamānaṃ nirasyemaṃ gṛhītvā harṣam uttamam ||

Translation

怒りと悲しみをともに抑え、ただ不動の忍耐に身を寄せよ。この屈辱の思いを払いのけ、より高き歓喜を堅く抱け。

Word by Word

• सौमित्रे: O Lakshmana
• सौमित्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यः: which/that (the one that)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• अभिषेक-अर्थे: for the consecration-purpose
• अभिषेक-अर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अभिषेकस्य अर्थः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in/for the purpose of consecration'

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सम्भार-सम्भ्रमः: preparations and bustle
• सम्भार-सम्भ्रमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सम्भारश्च सम्भ्रमश्च); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'यः ... (सः)' इत्यस्य विषय

• अभिषेक-निवृत्ति-अर्थे: for the purpose of stopping the consecration
• अभिषेक-निवृत्ति-अर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक) + निवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अभिषेकस्य निवृत्तेः अर्थे); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सः: that (same)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; तदनुयायी (correlative)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संभार-सम्भ्रमः: preparations and bustle
• संभार-सम्भ्रमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभार (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (subject complement)

Context

Or else, for me what is the use of these pots of holy water which are the king's property? The water drawn with my own hands will be made use of for my religious bath.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

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

Dharma here is self-mastery: anger and grief must be governed by fortitude, so one acts rightly rather than reactively.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma, facing the sudden reversal of his consecration plans, instructs Lakṣmaṇa to remain composed and not to be consumed by humiliation.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Dhairya (steadfast courage) and inner restraint—Rāma models calm adherence to duty amid injustice.