Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34, Shloka 24

रामदर्शनार्थं दारानयनम्

The Queens Summoned; Rama’s Leave-Taking and Dasaratha’s Collapse

Devanagari script

अनुजानीहि सर्वान्नः शोकमुत्सृज्य मानद।लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः।।।।

Transliteration

anujānīhi sarvān naḥ śokam utsṛjya mānada |

lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca prajāpatir iva prajāḥ ||

Translation

ହେ ମାନଦ, ଶୋକକୁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ଆମ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଅନୁଜ୍ଞା ଦିଅ—ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣକୁ, ମୋତେ ଓ ସୀତାକୁ—ଯେପରି ପ୍ରଜାପତି ନିଜ ପ୍ରଜାମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅନୁମତି ଦିଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• anujānīhi: permit
• anujānīhi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Singular

• sarvān: all (of us)
• sarvān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural; refers to persons (us all)

• naḥ: of us
• naḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Genitive Plural enclitic; 'of us/our'

• śokam: grief
• śokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• utsṛjya: having abandoned
• utsṛjya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), 'having cast off'

• mānada: O bestower of honor
• mānada: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular; epithet 'giver of honor'

• lakṣmaṇam: Lakshmana
• lakṣmaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Accusative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• sītām: Sita
• sītām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• prajāpatiḥ: Prajapati (creator)
• prajāpatiḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): 'lord of creatures'; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• iva: like
• iva: Upamāna-marker (उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, comparative particle

• prajāḥ: subjects/people
• prajāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Context

Discard your grief and, like Brahma, the creator, allow Lakshmana, Sita and me all of us, your subjects, O respector of men!

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Sītā
• Daśaratha
• Prajāpati (Brahmā/Creator)

FAQs

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

Dharma is framed as disciplined consent and emotional mastery: Rama urges the king to set grief aside and act as a righteous guardian—like Prajāpati—granting permission in accordance with truth-bound duty.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama presses his request that Daśaratha formally allow the three—Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana—to depart, despite the king’s sorrow.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rama’s composure and principled persuasion: he seeks lawful permission and appeals to the ideal of a king as protector and regulator of dharma.