Shloka 11

सीताविलापः

Sītā’s Lament over the Illusory Head and Bow

Devanagari script

साश्वश्रूर्ममकौसल्यात्वयापुत्रेणराघव: ।वत्सेनेवयथाधेनुर्विवत्सावत्सलाकृता ।।6.32.11।।

Transliteration

sā śvaśrūr mama kausalyā tvayā putreṇa rāghava | vatseneva yathā dhenur vivatsā vatsalākṛtā || 6.32.11 ||

Translation

おおラाघヴァよ、あなたという息子を失った姑カウサリヤーは、子を奪われた雌牛のように、わが子を慕って嘆いている。

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• śvaśrūḥ: mother-in-law
• śvaśrūḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvaśrū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; apposition to 'kausalyā'

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• kausalyā: Kausalya
• kausalyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kausalyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; subject with 'kṛtā'

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd case/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrumental 'by you/with you'

• putreṇa: (as) a son
• putreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; instrumental in apposition to 'tvayā'

• rāghava: O Raghava
• rāghava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• vatsena: by/with a calf
• vatsena: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; instrumental of comparison

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Comparative particle (उपमावाचक अव्यय)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative adverb (यथातथासम्बन्धी अव्यय)

• dhenuḥ: a cow
• dhenuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhenu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; subject of simile

• vivatsā: bereft of her calf
• vivatsā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; 'without calf'

• vatsalā-kṛtā: made yearning/affectionate
• vatsalā-kṛtā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vatsalā + kṛ (धातु); vatsalā-kṛta (PPP)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate 'made (to be) affectionate/longing'

Context

"O Raghava! Even my mother-in-law Kausalya is separated from her dear son just as cow is separated from calf."

Characters & Entities

• Sita
• Rama
• Kausalya

FAQs

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

It underscores family-dharma: the moral weight of a son’s presence and protection for his mother, and the suffering caused when that bond is broken.

What is the narrative situation?

Sita, believing Rama has fallen, extends her grief to Rama’s household—especially Kausalya—imagining the mother’s desolation.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sita’s empathy and her respectful remembrance of elders, treating Kausalya’s pain as inseparable from her own.