Shloka 22

सीताविलापः

Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin

Devanagari script

यदि मामिह जानीयाद्वर्तमानां स राघवः।अद्य बाणैरभिक्रुद्धः कुर्याल्लोकमराक्षसम्।।।।

Transliteration

yadi mām iha jānīyād vartamānāṃ sa rāghavaḥ | adya bāṇair abhikruddhaḥ kuryāl lokam arākṣasam ||

Translation

ഞാൻ ഇവിടെ ഉണ്ടെന്നു രാഘവൻ അറിഞ്ഞിരുന്നെങ്കിൽ, ഇന്ന് ക്രോധിതനായി തന്റെ ബാണങ്ങളാൽ ലോകത്തെ രാക്ഷസരഹിതമാക്കി തീർക്കുമായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conditional conjunction (शर्त-सम्बन्धक)

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

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; deictic adverb (देशवाचक)

• जानीयात्: would know
• जानीयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वर्तमानाम्: being (here), present
• वर्तमानाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with implied ‘सीताम्/माम्’ as ‘being present/remaining’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• राघवः: Raghava (Rama)
• राघवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; apposition to सः

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; time-adverb (कालवाचक)

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• अभिक्रुद्धः: enraged
• अभिक्रुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि+क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective of सः राघवः

• कुर्यात्: would make
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोकम्: the world
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• अराक्षसम्: free of demons
• अराक्षसम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष-like negation as prefix; agrees with लोकम्

Context

"Had only Raghava known that I was here he would have freed this world of demons with his anger.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

Righteous force as a remedy to systemic harm: when informed, the dharmic ruler/hero removes threats endangering the world.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā believes the delay is due to lack of information about her whereabouts; she imagines Rāma’s decisive response if he knew.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s protective justice (rakṣaṇa) and decisive capability to punish adharma.