Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
तवापि सुमहाभागा जनेन्द्राः कुलपूर्वगाः।बुद्धेर्मोहः कथमयं सम्भूतस्त्वयि गर्हितः।।।।
Transliteration
tavāpi sumahābhāgā janendrāḥ kulapūrvagāḥ |
buddher mohaḥ katham ayaṃ sambhūtas tvayi garhitaḥ ||
Translation
そなたの家系においても、先祖たる王たちはまことに高徳で卓越していた。ならば、この咎むべき迷妄が、いかにしてそなたの心に生じたのか。
Word by Word
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)
सु-महा-भागाःhighly fortunate/distinguished
सु-महा-भागाः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (अव्यय) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masc), प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nom Pl); विशेषण; समासः: सुमहांश्च भागः येषाम्/सुमहाभागः (very fortunate/distinguished)
जन-इन्द्राःkings
जन-इन्द्राः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन; समासः: जनानाम् इन्द्राः (lords of people, kings)
कुल-पूर्व-गाःancestors/forebears
कुल-पूर्व-गाः:
Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √गम्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन; समासः: कुले पूर्वं गताः (those who went before in the lineage = ancestors)
बुद्धेःof the mind/intellect
बुद्धेः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Fem), षष्ठी-एकवचन (Gen Sg)
मोहःdelusion
मोहः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nom Sg)
कथम्how
कथम्:
Prashna (प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; सर्वनाम
सम्भूतःarisen
सम्भूतः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-भू (धातु) → सम्भूत (कृदन्त)
Formकर्तरि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; (has) arisen/originated
त्वयिin you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
गर्हितःcensured/blameworthy
गर्हितः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगर्ह् (धातु) → गर्हित (कृदन्त)
Formकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘censured/blameworthy’ (agreeing with मोहः)
Context
Even the kings in your ancestral family were highly distinguished men. How did this condemnable deflection originate in your mind?
Characters & Entities
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BharataK
KaikeyīFAQs
Dharma requires clear judgment; moha that distorts judgment is condemned because it leads to unrighteous choices and social harm.
Bharata contrasts Kaikeyī’s present conduct with the nobility of her own ancestors, questioning the source of her moral lapse.
Commitment to moral discernment (viveka) and critique of delusion (moha).