Shloka 17

चित्रकूटवर्णनम् (Description of Chitrakūṭa) / Rama Shows Sita Chitrakuta

Devanagari script

अनेन वनवासेन मया प्राप्तं फलद्वयम्।पितुश्चानृणता धर्मे भरतस्य प्रियं तथा।।।।

Transliteration

anena vanavāsena mayā prāptaṃ phala-dvayam | pituś cānṛṇatā dharme bharatasya priyaṃ tathā ||

Translation

ഈ വനവാസംകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ ഇരട്ടഫലം നേടി: ധർമ്മവിഷയത്തിൽ പിതൃഋണം തീർത്തു, ഭരതനെയും പ്രീതിപ്പെടുത്തി സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vanavāsena: by forest-dwelling
• vanavāsena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana-vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: vane vāsaḥ; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāptam: obtained
• prāptam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्नोति) (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with phala-dvayam

• phala-dvayam: twofold fruit/benefit
• phala-dvayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (संख्या)
• Form: Dvigu-samāsa: dve phale; Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• pituḥ: of (my) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• anṛṇatā: discharge of debt
• anṛṇatā: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine abstract noun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'freedom from debt/repayment'

• dharme: in righteousness/duty
• dharme: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• bharatasya: of Bharata
• bharatasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• priyam: pleasure
• priyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) (predicate noun)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (तुल्य/समुच्चयार्थक)

Context

By living in the forest I have achieved a two-fold benefit-discharge of debt of my father with regard to righteousness and causing happiness to Bharata.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Bharata
• Daśaratha (implied by pituḥ)
• dharma
• vanavāsa (forest exile)

FAQs

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

Dharma is obligation faithfully borne: Rāma frames exile as repayment of a moral debt to his father (truthfulness and promise-keeping) and as an act that prevents conflict by honoring Bharata’s rightful peace.

What is the narrative situation?

In conversation at Citrakūṭa, Rāma interprets his exile not as misfortune but as meaningful: it fulfills filial righteousness and stabilizes the kingdom’s succession by removing contention.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s satya (truthfulness) and dharma-niṣṭhā (steadfastness in righteousness), accepting personal loss to uphold ethical order.