Shloka 24

मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च

After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana

Devanagari script

मनश्च मे दीनमिहाप्रहृष्टं चक्षुश्च सव्यं कुरुते विकारम्।असंशयं लक्ष्मण नास्ति सीता हृता मृता वा पथि वर्तते वा।।।।

Transliteration

manaś ca me dīnam ihāprahṛṣṭaṃ cakṣuś ca savyaṃ kurute vikāram |

asaṃśayaṃ lakṣmaṇa nāsti sītā hṛtā mṛtā vā pathi vartate vā ||

Translation

എന്റെ മനസ്സ് ഇവിടെ ദീനമായി തളർന്നിരിക്കുന്നു; ഇടത് കണ്ണും അശുഭലക്ഷണമായി വിറയ്ക്കുന്നു. ഹേ ലക്ഷ്മണാ, സംശയമില്ല—സീത ഇനി ഇവിടെ ഇല്ല; അവൾ അപഹരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കാം, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മരിച്ചിരിക്കാം, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വഴിയിൽ എവിടെയോ കിടക്കുകയാകാം.

Word by Word

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• dīnam: depressed
• dīnam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of manaḥ

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• aprahṛṣṭam: not delighted/sorrowful
• aprahṛṣṭam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-prahṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास/नकार-प्रत्यय (negated), विशेषण of manaḥ

• cakṣuḥ: eye
• cakṣuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• savyam: left
• savyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of cakṣuḥ

• kurute: does/makes
• kurute: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• vikāram: a change/throbbing
• vikāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• asaṃśayam: undoubtedly
• asaṃśayam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative); नञ्-युक्त (without doubt)

• lakṣmaṇa: O Lakshmana
• lakṣmaṇa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāsti: is not/does not exist
• nāsti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु) with na (न)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); नकार-निषेध (negation)

• sītā: Sita
• sītā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• hṛtā: abducted/taken away
• hṛtā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive sense)

• mṛtā: dead
• mṛtā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mṛ (मृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• pathi: on the path
• pathi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• vartate: remains/exists/lies
• vartate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (वृत् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

Context

With my heart dejected and depressed, my left eye throbbing, O Lakshmana, I have no doubt that Sita is either abducted or dead or abandoned on the way.ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে অরণ্যকাণ্ডে সপ্তপঞ্চাশস্সর্গঃ৷৷Thus ends the fiftyseventh sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• Sita

FAQs

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

Dharma includes facing truth in adversity: acknowledging grim possibilities is part of responsible action, not surrender.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma, overwhelmed by omens and Sītā’s absence, states his firm fear that she has been abducted or killed.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Truthfulness joined to urgency—Rāma does not soften reality, preparing for immediate search and rescue.