Shloka 6

काकुत्स्थस्य शोकनिग्रहः—सुग्रीवसान्त्वनम्

Rama’s Grief Restrained—Sugriva’s Consolation

Devanagari script

मयाऽपि व्यसनं प्राप्तं भार्याविरहजं महत्।नाहमेवं हि शोचामि न च धैर्यं परित्यजे।।

Transliteration

mayā ’pi vyasanaṃ prāptaṃ bhāryāvirahajaṃ mahat | nāham evaṃ hi śocāmi na ca dhairyaṃ parityaje ||

Translation

我もまた、妻との別離から生じた大いなる苦しみに遭った。されどこのように嘆かず、また不屈の心を捨てはしない。

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartṛ-karaṇa/Agent (कर्ता—by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (also/even)

• vyasanam: calamity, sorrow
• vyasanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyasana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prāptam: has come upon (me)
• prāptam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘has been obtained/has come’

• bhāryā-viraha-jam: arising from separation from (my) wife
• bhāryā-viraha-jam: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + viraha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (हेतु/सम्बन्ध: ‘born of separation from wife’), विशेषणम् (qualifying vyasanam)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying vyasanam)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• evam: thus, in that way
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis/for)

• śocāmi: I grieve
• śocāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śuc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• dhairyam: steadfastness
• dhairyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhairya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• parityaje: I abandon
• parityaje: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

Context

'Give up despair. It is enough. Be patient. Maintain your natural disposition.It is unworthy of men like you to entertain such frivolus thoughts?

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva

FAQs

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

Dharma as emotional restraint: suffering is acknowledged, but one should not let grief destroy resolve and right action.

What is the narrative situation?

Sugrīva uses his own experience of loss to counsel Rāma toward steadiness.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Resilience—holding to dhairya even when personal pain is real.