Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 7

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

न त्वहं मनसाऽप्यन्यं द्रष्टाऽस्मि त्वदृतेऽनघ।त्वया राघव गच्छेयं यथाऽन्या कुलपांसिनी।।2.30.7।।

Transliteration

na tv ahaṃ manasā 'py anyaṃ draṣṭā 'smi tvadṛte 'nagha |

tvayā rāghava gaccheyaṃ yathā 'nyā kulapāṃsinī ||2.30.7||

Translation

咎なき御方よ、あなたを除いて他を見たことはありません、心のうちにさえ。ラाघヴァよ、私はあなたと共に参ります。家門を汚す他の女たちとは違います。

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• tu: but / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोध-अव्यय (emphatic/contrast particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (even/also)

• anyam: another (man)
• anyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• draṣṭā: (one who) will see
• draṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्, धातु)
• Form: कर्तरि-भविष्यत्-कर्तृवाचक-प्रत्ययान्त (future agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘one who will see’ (periphrastic future sense with asmi)

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tvadṛte: except you
• tvadṛte: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tvad + ṛte (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभावः; अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (except/without you)

• anagha: O sinless one
• anagha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tvayā: with you
• tvayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• rāghava: O Rāghava
• rāghava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gaccheyam: I should go
• gaccheyam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yathā: like
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्यय (as/like)

• anyā: another (ordinary woman)
• anyā: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपमानार्थे

• kulapāṃsinī: a woman who disgraces the family
• kulapāṃsinī: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula + pāṃsinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kulasya pāṃsinī = one who soils/disgraces the family)

Context

Distribute among your attendants highly valuable ornaments and excellent clothing, charming articles meant for (court) sport, my couches, chariots and all other things. Offer the rest to brahmins.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Raghu lineage (implicit via Rāghava)

FAQs

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

The verse links dharma with inner purity and truth (satya) of intention: fidelity is not merely external conduct but also mental integrity, preserving family honor and moral order.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā insists on accompanying Rāma to exile, countering any attempt to separate them by asserting her unwavering loyalty in deed and thought.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Chastity and integrity (śīla), expressed as faithfulness at the level of mind and action, along with resolve to share hardship.