Shloka 5

सीताविलापः

Sītā’s Lament over the Illusory Head and Bow

Devanagari script

आर्येणकिंतेकैकेयी कृतंरामेणविप्रियम् ।यन्मयाचीरवसनस्त्वयाप्रस्थापितोवनम् ।।6.32.5।।

Transliteration

āryeṇa kiṃ te kaikeyī kṛtaṃ rāmeṇa vipriyam | yan mayā cīra-vasanas tvayā prasthāpito vanam ||6.32.5||

Translation

カイケーイよ、気高きラーマがそなたに何の不快を与えたというのか。樹皮の衣をまとわせ、私とともに森へと送り出したのはなぜだ。

Word by Word

• आर्येण: by/with the noble one (prince)
• आर्येण: सम्बन्ध (Reference/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instr sg)

• किम्: what
• किम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (interrogative)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी, एकवचन (dat sg)

• कैकेयी: Kaikeyi
• कैकेयी: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैकेयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे (O Kaikeyi)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; impersonal: 'was done'

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: कर्ता (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instr sg)

• विप्रियम्: harm, displeasure
• विप्रियम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• यत्: that which / since
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative particle introducing clause)

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: सहकारक/करण (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन (instr sg)

• चीरवसनः: wearing bark garments
• चीरवसनः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चीर + वसन (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: तत्पुरुष (चीरं वसनं यस्य = wearing bark-garments); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom sg); qualifying (रामः) understood

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: कर्ता (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन (instr sg)

• प्रस्थापितः: was sent forth, dispatched
• प्रस्थापितः: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP, causative); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom sg)

• वनम्: to the forest
• वनम्: गति/कर्म (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (acc sg)

Context

"Kaikeyi, you have given bark robes to prince Rama and sent him to the forest with me. What harm has he done for you? Thinking of this again and again Sita cried."

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeyī
• Rāma
• forest (vana)
• bark garments (cīra)

FAQs

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

The verse appeals to satya and fairness: punishment or exile should follow a real fault. Dharma requires that suffering imposed on the righteous must be justified, not born of personal desire.

What is the narrative situation?

A grieving speaker questions Kaikeyī’s motive, emphasizing that Rāma committed no offense to deserve exile in bark garments to the forest.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s blamelessness and nobility (āryatā), highlighted through the rhetorical question.