Valmiki Ramayana 2.4.14: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4, Shloka 14

अयोध्याकाण्डे चतुर्थः सर्गः

Rāma Summoned; Pushya Coronation Decision

Devanagari script

अनुभूतानि चेष्टानि मया वीर सुखान्यपि।देवर्षिपितृविप्राणामनृणोऽस्मि तथाऽत्मनः।।2.4.14।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.4.14

Transliteration

anubhūtāni ceṣṭāni mayā vīra sukhāny api | devarṣi-pitṛ-viprāṇām anṛṇo 'smi tathātmanaḥ || 2.4.14 ||

Translation

勇士よ、我が求めた歓びはすでに味わい尽くした。今や神々、リシたち、祖霊、そしてバラモンに対しても、また我が自己に対しても、我は負い目なき身となった。

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Word by Word

• अनुभूतानि: experienced
• अनुभूतानि: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त, past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘experienced’ (sukhāni…anubhūtāni)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• इष्टानि: desired/pleasing
• इष्टानि: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सुखानां विशेषणम् ‘desired/pleasing’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (कर्तृ/करण), एकवचन

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सुखानि: pleasures
• सुखानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also)

• देवर्षिपितृविप्राणाम्: of gods, sages, ancestors, and brahmins
• देवर्षिपितृविप्राणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ऋषि + पितृ + विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः देवाश्च ऋषयश्च पितरश्च विप्राश्च = देवर्षिपितृविप्र (द्वन्द्व)

• अनृणः: free from debt
• अनृणः: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अहम्-विशेषणम् ‘free from debt’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and also)

• आत्मनः: of myself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of myself’

Context

O mighty son! I have experienced all the pleasures I longed for. I redeemed my debt to the gods, the sages, my ancestors, brahmins and to myself.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Rāma
• devas (gods)
• ṛṣis (sages)
• pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

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

Dharma is framed as repayment of life’s obligations (ṛṇa): to divine order, tradition, teachers/priests, ancestors, and one’s own conscience.

What is the narrative situation?

Daśaratha explains that he has completed the major obligations of a king and householder, preparing the ground for succession.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Conscientious fulfillment of duties—Daśaratha’s sense of moral accounting before handing over power.