Shloka 17

अष्टादशः सर्गः

Kaikeyī Discloses the Boons: Exile to Daṇḍaka and Bharata’s Consecration

Devanagari script

कच्चित्ते परुषं किञ्चिदभिमानात्पतिता मम।उक्तो भवत्या कोपेन यत्रास्य लुलितं मनः।।।।

Transliteration

kaccit te paruṣaṃ kiñcid abhimānāt patitā mama | ukto bhavatyā kopena yatrāsya lulitaṃ manaḥ ||

Translation

എന്റെ പിതാവിനോട് നീ അഭിമാനമുറിഞ്ഞ് കോപത്തിൽ എന്തെങ്കിലും കഠിനവാക്ക് പറഞ്ഞോ? അതുകൊണ്ട് അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ മനസ്സ് കലങ്ങിയോ?

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: perhaps? is it that...?
• कच्चित्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय/सम्भावना (interrogative particle: "is it possible that...")

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन (your) / alternatively चतुर्थी (4th) depending on context; here genitive

• परुषम्: a harsh thing/harsh words
• परुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: anything, something
• किञ्चित्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाण (indefinite)

• अभिमानात्: from pride/self-respect (because of)
• अभिमानात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• पतिता: uttered (let slip)
• पतिता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with (वाक्) understood; sense: "uttered/let fall"

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• उक्तः: said
• उक्तः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; with implied subject (पिता)

• भवत्या: by you (lady)
• भवत्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• कोपेन: with anger/out of anger
• कोपेन: Karana/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• यत्र: whereby/for which reason
• यत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb: where/whereby; here "by which")

• अस्य: his
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• लुलितम्: shaken, disturbed
• लुलितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lul (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; agrees with मनः

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Context

Have you said anything harsh to my father out of anger or (injured) selfrespect for which his mind has been shaken?

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Kaikeyī
• Daśaratha

FAQs

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

Dharma includes vāg-dharma (righteous speech): harsh words born of anger and pride can destabilize minds and destroy harmony.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma suspects that Kaikeyī’s angry words might have upset Daśaratha and asks directly if something harsh was spoken.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s truth-seeking and peacemaking: he tries to locate the real cause of conflict to restore order.