Valmiki Ramayana 2.27.26: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 26

सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तु वैदेही प्रियार्हा प्रियवादिनी।प्रणयादेव संक्रुद्धा भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत्।।2.27.1।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.27.26

Transliteration

evam uktā tu vaidehī priyārhā priyavādinī |

praṇayād eva saṅkruddhā bhartāram idam abravīt ||

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, സ്നേഹാർഹയും മധുരവാക്യിനിയുമായ വൈദേഹി സീത പ്രണയത്താൽ മാത്രം—പ്രേമം കൊണ്ടുള്ള കോപത്തോടെ—ഭർത്താവിനോട് ഈ വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു.

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्ता: having been spoken to / addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate participle agreeing with subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थक, ‘spoken/said (to)’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थ (but/indeed)

• वैदेही: Vaidehī (Sītā)
• वैदेही: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; संज्ञा (proper noun/epithet of Sītā)

• प्रियार्हा: deserving affection
• प्रियार्हा: Karta (कर्ता) (adjectival to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘प्रियं अर्हति’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of वैदेही)

• प्रियवादिनी: sweet-speaking
• प्रियवादिनी: Karta (कर्ता) (adjectival to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘प्रियं वदति’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of वैदेही)

• प्रणयात्: from love / out of affection
• प्रणयात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause: ‘from/out of’)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle)

• संक्रुद्धा: angered
• संक्रुद्धा: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate participle agreeing with subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोग: ‘angered’

• भर्तारम्: to (her) husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘husband’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म) (object: ‘this [speech]’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Context

When the sweettongued daughter of Videha (Sita) who deserved affection, heard this she was very angry out of her love (for Rama). She said these wordsto her husband (in reply):

Characters & Entities

• Sita (Vaidehi)
• Rama

FAQs

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

Same as 2.27.25 (duplicate in input): Sītā’s response is grounded in devoted love and a sense of shared duty.

What is the narrative situation?

Same as 2.27.25 (duplicate in input): Sītā begins her rebuttal after Rāma’s attempt to dissuade her.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Same as 2.27.25 (duplicate in input): steadfast devotion and courage.