Valmiki Ramayana 2.118.34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118, Shloka 34

अनसूयोपदेशः तथा सीताया स्वयंवरकथा

Anasuya’s Counsel and Sita’s Swayamvara Narrative

Devanagari script

पतिसंयोगसुलभं वयो दृष्ट्वा तु मे पिता।चिन्तामभ्यगमद्धीनो वित्तनाशादिवाधनः।।2.118.34।।

Transliteration

pati-saṁyoga-sulabhaṁ vayo dṛṣṭvā tu me pitā | cintām abhyagamad dhīno vitta-nāśād ivādhanaḥ || 2.118.34 ||

Translation

എന്നാൽ വിവാഹയോഗ്യമായ എന്റെ പ്രായം കണ്ടപ്പോൾ എന്റെ പിതാവ് ദീനനായി ആശങ്കയിൽ മുങ്ങി; ധനം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട ദരിദ്രൻ നിരാശനാകുന്നതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

• पति-संयोग-सुलभम्: fit/easy for marital union
• पति-संयोग-सुलभम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक) + सुलभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'easy/fit for union with a husband'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of वयः

• वयः: age
• वयः: कर्म (object of दृष्ट्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/observed
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (Gerund)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), contrast/emphasis

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पिता: father
• पिता: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिन्ताम्: anxiety
• चिन्ताम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभ्यगमत्: came to/entered (into)
• अभ्यगमत्: क्रिया (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दीनः: dejected
• दीनः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of पिता

• वित्त-नाशात्: from loss of wealth
• वित्त-नाशात्: हेतु
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (loss of wealth), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; cause

• इव: like/as if
• इव: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-निपात (comparative particle)

• अधनः: poor/without wealth
• अधनः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate/comparand with इव

Context

When my father saw I had attained the marriageable age, he was immersed in sorrow like an indigent man who had lost all his wealth.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Janaka

FAQs

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

Dharma includes timely fulfillment of social duties—here, a father’s obligation to arrange a worthy marriage—creating moral pressure when the duty seems hard to complete.

What is the narrative situation?

As Sītā reaches marriageable age, Janaka worries intensely about her future.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Janaka’s conscientiousness: he feels duty-bound and suffers when he cannot immediately secure the right outcome.