Valmiki Ramayana 2.83.9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 83, Shloka 9

अयोध्याकाण्डे त्र्यशीति तमः सर्गः — Bharata’s Departure and Encampment on the Gaṅgā

Śṛṅgīberapura

Devanagari script

दृष्ट एव हि न श्शोकमपनेष्यति राघवः।तम स्सर्वस्य लोकस्य समुद्यन्निव भास्करः।।2.83.9।।

Transliteration

dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokam apaneṣyati rāghavaḥ |

tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyann iva bhāskaraḥ || 2.83.9 ||

Translation

まことに、ただお姿を拝するだけでラグハヴァは我らの悲しみを取り去られる。全世界の闇を、昇る太陽が払うがごとく。

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭaḥ: seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle used in locative-absolute-like sense with eva: 'when (he is) seen'; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with rāghavaḥ by poetic usage)

• eva: alone, indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle

• hi: for, indeed
• hi: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी/6) or Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Plural; here: 'our'

• śokam: sorrow
• śokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• apaneṣyati: will remove
• apaneṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa + nī (नी धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, simple future), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• rāghavaḥ: Rāghava (Rama)
• rāghavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular

• tamaḥ: darkness
• tamaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; object understood with (apaneṣyati) by simile

• sarvasya: of the entire
• sarvasya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular; qualifies lokasya

• lokasya: of the world
• lokasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular

• samudyan: rising
• samudyan: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-i (इ धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies bhāskaraḥ

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle (उपमावाचक)

• bhāskaraḥ: the sun
• bhāskaraḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; standard of comparison

Context

At his sight alone our sorrows will be dispelled, the way the darkness of the entire world is dispelled by the rising Sun.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Sun (bhāskara)

FAQs

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

Faith in the power of righteousness: the presence of a truly dharmic person brings clarity and relief to others, paralleling how truth and virtue dispel despair and confusion.

What is the narrative situation?

Travelers comfort themselves with the belief that seeing Rāma will itself relieve their sorrow, using the metaphor of sunrise removing darkness.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s beneficent moral radiance—his dharmic integrity is portrayed as naturally uplifting and restorative to society.