Valmiki Ramayana 6.48.21 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 21

सीताविलापः—त्रिजटासान्त्वनं च

Sita’s Lament and Trijata’s Consolation

Devanagari script

सातुचिन्तयतेनित्यंसमाप्तव्रतमागतम् ।कदाद्रक्ष्यामिसीतांचलक्ष्मणंचसराघवम् ।।।।

Transliteration

sā tu cintayate nityaṁ samāptavratam āgatam | kadā drakṣyāmi sītāṁ ca lakṣmaṇaṁ ca sa-rāghavam ||

Translation

ນາງ (ໂກສະລະຍາ) ຄິດຢູ່ເປັນນິດວ່າ ‘ເມື່ອໃດໜໍ ຂ້າຈຶ່ງຈະໄດ້ເຫັນພຣະຣາຆະວະກັບຄືນ ຫຼັງຈາກສຳເລັດວຣະຕະ—ພ້ອມດ້ວຍນາງສີຕາ ແລະພຣະລັກສະມະນະ?’

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; pronoun

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (contrastive particle)

• cintayate: thinks/worries
• cintayate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cint (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
• Form: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa-avyaya (adverbial accusative): "always"

• samāpta-vratam: whose vow is completed
• samāpta-vratam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāpta (कृदन्त; √āp + sam- उपसर्ग, क्त) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: "completed-vow"; qualifies āgatam (one who has come)

• āgatam: (him) come/arrived
• āgatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (कृदन्त; √gam + ā- उपसर्ग, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; past participle used as object of cintayate: "(him) who has come"

• kadā: when
• kadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Praśna-avyaya (interrogative adverb: when)

• drakṣyāmi: shall I see
• drakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्/periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• sītām: Sita
• sītām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana

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

• lakṣmaṇam: Lakshmana
• lakṣmaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana

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

• sa-rāghavam: Raghava along with (others)
• sa-rāghavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; sa- (saha-artha) as prefix meaning "together with"; object of drakṣyāmi

Context

"She will also be worried and wait for Rama who has completed his vow (for fourteen years) and Lakshmana and Sita to come."

Characters & Entities

• Kauśalyā (implied as 'she')
• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

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

It honors vrata-dharma (duty as a sacred commitment): Rāma’s exile is framed as a vow to be completed truthfully, and the family’s hope rests on his satya in fulfilling it.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā imagines Kauśalyā’s daily longing for the safe return of Rāma with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa after the completion of the exile-term.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s steadfastness in vow-keeping (satya and niṣṭhā) is emphasized through the expectation of his ‘completed vow’ return.