Shloka 14

सीतावियोगे रामविलापः

Rāma’s Lament in Separation from Sītā

Devanagari script

विदेहराजो नूनं मां दृष्ट्वा विरहितं तया।।3.62.14।।सुतास्नेहेन सन्तप्तो मोहस्य वशमेष्यति।

Transliteration

videharājo nūnaṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā virahitaṃ tayā | sutā-snehena santapto mohasya vaśam eṣyati || 3.62.14 ||

Translation

വിദേഹരാജനായ ജനകൻ എന്നെ സീതാവിഹീനനായി കണ്ടാൽ, പുത്രിസ്നേഹത്തിൽ ദഹിച്ച് ശോകവും മോഹവും കീഴടക്കും.

Word by Word

• विदेहराजः: king of Videha
• विदेहराजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदेह-राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘विदेहस्य राजा’

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (वाक्य-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (‘surely’)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (‘having seen’)

• विरहितम्: bereft/separated
• विरहितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरहित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘माम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (‘bereft’)

• तया: from her/by her
• तया: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘विरहितम्’ इत्यत्र वियोग-हेतौ (‘by her/without her’)

• सुतास्नेहेन: through love for (his) daughter
• सुतास्नेहेन: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता-स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘सुतायाः स्नेहः’; हेतौ

• सन्तप्तः: distressed
• सन्तप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-तप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘विदेहराजः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मोहस्य: of delusion
• मोहस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• वशम्: into the power/control
• वशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘एष्यति’ इत्यस्य कर्म (‘into the control’)

• एष्यति: will go/come (under)
• एष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Context

Or else, I will not go to the city ruled by Bharata. Without Sita even heaven will be empty for me.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Janaka (Videharāja)
• Videha

FAQs

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

Dharma includes empathy for others’ suffering: Rāma recognizes that Sītā’s loss injures not only him but also her father, widening the moral weight of the event.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma anticipates Janaka’s emotional collapse upon seeing him return without Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Compassionate awareness—Rāma considers the pain of elders and family, not only his own.