Valmiki Ramayana 2.64.19: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 19

शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः

The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death

Devanagari script

स चोधृतेन बाणेन तत्रैव स्वर्गमास्थितः।भवन्तौ पितरौ शोचन्नन्धाविति विलप्य च।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.64.19

Transliteration

sa codhṛtena bāṇena tatraiva svargam āsthitaḥ | bhavantau pitarau śocann andhāv iti vilapya ca ||

Translation

そして矢が抜かれると、彼はその場で天界へと至り、父母であるあなたがたを思って嘆き悲しみ、「あなたがたは盲目だ！」と叫んだ。

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• उद्धृतेन: with the extracted
• उद्धृतेन: Karana (करण/Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + हृ (धातु) → उद्धृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘बाणेन’

• बाणेन: by/with the arrow
• बाणेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb of place)

• एव: indeed, right
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Emphatic particle)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (कर्म/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (goal)

• आस्थितः: attained
• आस्थितः: Kriya (क्रिया as participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle in sense); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘attained’

• भवन्तौ: you two
• भवन्तौ: Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘śocan/vilapya’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• पितरौ: parents (two)
• पितरौ: Sambandha-apposition (सम्बन्ध/‘you two, (my) parents’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• शोचन्: grieving
• शोचन्: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुच् (धातु) → शोचत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ (Present participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘सः’

• अन्धौ: blind (you two)
• अन्धौ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate descriptor in quote)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, द्विवचन; (उक्तिरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyartha-marker (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (Quotative)

• विलप्य: lamenting
• विलप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लप् (धातु) → विलप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप् (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘having lamented’

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

Context

Grieving for both of you and crying you are blind he died as soon as the arrow was pulled out.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Śravaṇa
• heaven (svarga)

FAQs

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

It reinforces the dharma of care for dependent parents: the son’s final grief is not for himself but for the helplessness of his blind parents, showing duty as love-in-action.

What is the narrative situation?

After the arrow is removed, Śravaṇa dies immediately, lamenting for his blind parents even as he departs.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Selfless filial devotion—concern for parents’ welfare at the moment of death.