Valmiki Ramayana 2.34.41: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34, Shloka 41

रामदर्शनार्थं दारानयनम् · The Queens Summoned; Rama’s Leave

Taking and Dasaratha’s Collapse

Spoken by RamaSetting: Ayodhya (royal context implied)

Devanagari script

इयं सराष्ट्रा सजना धनधान्यसमाकुला ।

मया विसृष्टा वसुधा भरताय प्रदीयताम् ॥४१॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.34.41

Transliteration

iyaṃ sarāṣṭrā sajanā dhanadhānyasamākulā |

mayā visṛṣṭā vasudhā bharatāya pradīyatām ||41||

Translation

Serahkanlah bumi ini—beserta kerajaan, rakyatnya, serta kelimpahan harta dan bijirin—kepada Bharata, kerana aku telah melepaskannya.

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Word by Word

• iyam: this
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)

• sarāṣṭrā: together with the kingdom
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-समास/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: ‘राष्ट्रेण सह’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• sajanā: with its people
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-समास/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: ‘जनैः सह’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• dhanadhānyasamākulā: abounding in wealth and grain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana-dhānya-samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: धनं च धान्यं च (द्वन्द्व) + समाकुल (कर्मधारय-प्राय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Compound: Dvandva

• mayā: by me
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
• Role: Kartrikarana (कर्तृकरण/Agent-instrument in passive)

• visṛṣṭā: released/abdicated
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√sṛj (सृज्) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘त्यक्ता/विमुक्ता’
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)

• vasudhā: the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (वसुधा) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)

• bharatāya: to Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (भरत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)

• pradīyatām: let (it) be given
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (दा) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)

Context

The kingdom abdicated by me with all its people, its wealth and foodgrains may be bestowed on Bharata.

The teaching

Legitimate power is secondary to truth and duty; renunciation can preserve social order more surely than contesting rights.

Duties in tension

• Personal right to kingship vs obedience to paternal/royal promise
• Attachment to prosperity vs duty-bound renunciation
• Protecting subjects directly vs ensuring orderly succession

Ethical theme

Rājadharma; satya; niṣkāma-karma

How it resolves

Tyāga-based compliance with higher dharma (truth/obedience)

For your practice

Cultivates vairāgya and niṣkāma-bhāva: offering one’s ‘kingdom’ (possessions/ego) to dharma; useful for daily sankalpa of non-attachment.

Mood and themes

Rasa

Shanta (peace), with Karuna (compassion)

Mood

Renunciatory, grave, resolute

Themes

• Dharma
• Rajadharma
• Renunciation
• Succession
• Non-attachment

Symbolism

Relationships

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Bharata

FAQs

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

Dharma here is non-attachment and orderly succession: Rāma relinquishes power to preserve social stability and uphold the pledged arrangement.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma states that he has renounced the kingdom and requests that it be formally bestowed upon Bharata.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s detachment from sovereignty and his concern for political and social order.