Valmiki Ramayana 2.18.33: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18, Shloka 33

अष्टादशः सर्गः

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

Devanagari script

तत्र मे याचितो राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम्।गमनं दण्डकारण्ये तव चाद्यैव राघव।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.18.33

Transliteration

tatra me yācito rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam |

gamanaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye tava cādyaiva rāghava ||2.18.33||

Translation

त्यामुळे मी राजाकडे भरताचा अभिषेक आणि, हे राघव, तुझा आजच दण्डकारण्यात गमन—अशी मागणी केली आहे।

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Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दैव-असुरे: (between) gods and demons
• दैव-असुरे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (देवाश्च असुराश्च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—युद्धे

• युद्धे: in the war
• युद्धे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• पित्रा: by (your) father
• पित्रा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; अर्थः—तव (your)

• मम: to me / my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; अर्थः—मदीय (my)

• राघव: O Raghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• रक्षितेन: by (being) protected
• रक्षितेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; अर्थः—रक्षितेन (by one who was protected / by being protected)

• वरौ: two boons
• वरौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (two boons)

• दत्तौ: were given
• दत्तौ: Kriya (क्रिया/कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘दत्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; वरौ इति सह (were granted)

• सशल्येन: wounded
• सशल्येन: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (शल्ययुक्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—(पित्रा)

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महच्च तत् रणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Context

O scion of the Raghus, hence I have asked the king for consecration of Bharata and your departure to Dandaka forest today itself.

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeyī
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Daśaratha
• Bharata
• Daṇḍaka forest (Daṇḍakāraṇya)

FAQs

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

The verse foregrounds a conflict of dharmas: the sanctity of a promise versus justice in succession; it sets the ethical dilemma Rāma resolves through adherence to satya and obedience.

What is the narrative situation?

Kaikeyī states her two demands derived from the boons: Bharata’s installation and Rāma’s immediate exile to Daṇḍaka.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s impending virtue is steadfastness to dharma despite personal loss; Kaikeyī’s action highlights manipulation rather than virtue.