Valmiki Ramayana 5.58.99 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58, Shloka 99

सुन्दरकाण्डे अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः

हनुमद्वृत्तान्तकथनम्, सीताभिज्ञान-प्रदानम्, लङ्कादाह-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा विदित्वा च सीता जनकनन्दिनी।आहरावणमुत्साद्य राघवो मां नयत्विति।।।।

Transliteration

etac chrutvā viditvā ca sītā janakanandinī | āha rāvaṇam utsādya rāghavo māṃ nayatv iti ||

Translation

ဤစကားကို ကြားနာ၍ စဉ်းစားသိမြင်ပြီးနောက် ဇနကမင်း၏ ချစ်မြတ်နိုးရသော သမီး စီတာက ဆို၏— “ရాఃဃဝ (ရာမ) သည် ရာဝဏကို အရင် ဖျက်ဆီးပါစေ၊ ထို့နောက်မှ ကျွန်မကို ခေါ်ဆောင်သွားပါစေ။”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• विदित्वा: having understood/considered
• विदित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• सीता: Sita
• सीता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जनकनन्दिनी: daughter of Janaka
• जनकनन्दिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक + नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जनकस्य नन्दिनी)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; √अह् ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• रावणम्: Ravana
• रावणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्साद्य: having slain/destroyed
• उत्साद्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-सद्/उत्साद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund) ‘having destroyed/slain’

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

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

• नयतु: let (him) take
• नयतु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Context

"Having heard all that (Hanuman said) Sita, the delight of Janaka thought over and said, 'Rama should kill Ravana and take me'.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Hanumān
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Rāvaṇa
• Janaka

FAQs

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

Maryādā (right order) and justice: Sītā insists that liberation must follow the rightful defeat of adharma (Rāvaṇa), not merely an escape.

What is the narrative situation?

After Hanumān offers to carry her away, Sītā responds that Rāma should first vanquish Rāvaṇa and then reclaim her.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s principled steadfastness: she upholds righteous process and Rāma’s honor over immediate relief.