Shloka 22

पञ्चवटी-निर्देशः

Agastya Directs Rama to Panchavati

Devanagari script

भवानपि सदारश्च शक्तश्च परिरक्षणे।अपि चात्र वसन्राम तापसान्पालयिष्यसि।।।।

Transliteration

bhavān api sadāraś ca śaktaś ca parirakṣaṇe | api cātra vasan rāma tāpasān pālayiṣyasi ||

Translation

നിങ്ങളും ഭാര്യാസഹിതൻ സംരക്ഷണത്തിന് സമർത്ഥനാണ്. ഹേ രാമാ, അവിടെ വസിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങൾ തപസ്വികളായ മുനിമാരെയും പാലിച്ചു കാത്തുസൂക്ഷിക്കും.

Word by Word

• bhavān: you (hon.)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (honorific); Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle 'also/even'

• sa-dāraḥ: with (your) wife
• sa-dāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; avyayībhāva; 'together with wife'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• śaktaḥ: able
• śaktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; past participle (क्त) from √śak (शक्) 'able'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• parirakṣaṇe: in protecting
• parirakṣaṇe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari + √rakṣ (रक्ष्, धातु)
• Form: Action noun (ल्युट्/अने), Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in/for protection'

• api: and also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• atra: here/there
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place

• vasan: while living
• vasan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस्, धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with bhavān; 'while dwelling'

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• tāpasān: ascetics
• tāpasān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• pālayiṣyasi: you will protect
• pālayiṣyasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pāl (पाल्, धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ (लृट्, simple future), Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

Context

O Rama, while staying with your wife, you will look after the ascetics living there sinceyou are capable of giving protection.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• tāpasas (ascetics)

FAQs

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

Kṣātra-dharma: the righteous duty of a protector-king is to defend the innocent—especially ascetics devoted to spiritual discipline.

What is the narrative situation?

Agastya links Rāma’s residence in the forest to a purpose beyond survival: protecting the sages who live there.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s protective strength guided by righteousness—power used as service to dharma, not for domination.