Valmiki Ramayana 6.48.19 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 19

सीताविलापः—त्रिजटासान्त्वनं च

Sita’s Lament and Trijata’s Consolation

Devanagari script

नकलस्यातिभारोऽस्तिकृतान्तश्चसुदुर्जयः ।यत्ररामःसहभ्रात्राशेतेयुधिनिपातितः ।।।।

Transliteration

na kālasyātibhāro 'sti kṛtāntaś ca sudurjayaḥ | yatra rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā śete yudhi nipātitaḥ ||

Translation

ບໍ່ມີພາລະໃດໜັກກວ່າ “ກາລະ” ແລະຄຳກຳນົດຂອງພະຍົມຣາຊນັ້ນຍາກຈະຝ່າຝືນ—ເພາະແມ່ນແຕ່ພຣະຣາມາ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍພຣະອະນຸຊາ ກໍຍັງລົ້ມຢູ່ໃນສະໜາມຮົບ

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Niṣedha-avyaya

• kālasya: of Time/Death
• kālasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; genitive

• atibhāraḥ: excess burden
• atibhāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atibhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; nominative

• asti: is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• kṛtāntaḥ: Death (the end-maker)
• kṛtāntaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; nominative

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (conjunction)

• sudurjayaḥ: very hard to conquer
• sudurjayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-durjaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; adjective of kṛtāntaḥ

• yatra: where/when
• yatra: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa/saṃbandha-avyaya (relative adverb: where/when)

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Sahārtha-avyaya (with)

• bhrātrā: with (his) brother
• bhrātrā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrumental with saha

• śete: lies
• śete: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śī (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada

• yudhi: in battle
• yudhi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; locative

• nipātitaḥ: struck down
• nipātitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nipātita (कृदन्त; √pat + ni- उपसर्ग, णिच् causative + क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; past passive participle: "caused to fall, struck down"; agrees with rāmaḥ

Context

"Rama along with Lakshmana has fallen in the battlefield. Time spirit is too heavy and capable of doing anything, so difficult to conquer."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa (implied by 'brother')
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

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

It reflects a dharmic realism: worldly power is limited under kāla; humility before impermanence supports endurance and steadiness even amid catastrophe.

What is the narrative situation?

Believing Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to be struck down, Sītā interprets it as the overpowering force of Time and fate.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s reflective endurance (dhairya) appears even in grief, as she frames events within the cosmic order of kāla.