Valmiki Ramayana 2.87.10: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 87, Shloka 10

गुहसंवादः · रामस्य रात्रिवासवर्णनम्

Dialogue with Guha: Account of Rama’s Night Halt

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्न लक्ष्मणे पुत्र श्रुतं ते किंचदप्रियम् ।

पुत्रे वाऽप्येकपुत्राया स्सहभार्ये वनं गते ॥१०॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.87.10

Transliteration

kaccin na lakṣmaṇe putra śrutaṃ te kiṃcid apriyam |

putre vā 'py ekaputrāyāḥ sahabhārye vanaṃ gate ||10||

Translation

Synu mój, mam nadzieję, że nie usłyszałeś żadnych niepokojących wieści, o Lakṣmaṇie, albo o moim jedynym synu Rāmie, który udał się do lasu wraz z żoną.

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Word by Word

• kaccit: I hope / is it the case?
• kaccit: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle), आशङ्का/आश्वासनार्थे

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• lakṣmaṇe: O Lakshmana
• lakṣmaṇe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘heard’

• te: by you / of you
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन (enclitic)

• kiṃcit: anything, even a little
• kiṃcit: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणार्थक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

• apriyam: unpleasant (news)
• apriyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त (negated)

• putre: about the son (Rama)
• putre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विषय/अधिकरणे

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• ekaputrāyāḥ: of (her/me) who has only one son
• ekaputrāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka-putrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकः पुत्रः यस्याः)

• saha-bhārye: together with (his) wife
• saha-bhārye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saha-bhārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (भāryayā saha) ‘together-with-wife’

• vanam: to the forest
• vanam: Karma (कर्म/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• gate: (when he) had gone
• gate: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when he has gone’ (locative absolute sense)

Context

O my son, I hope you have not heard any unpleasant news about Lakshmana orabout my only son Rama who has gone to the forest along with his wife.

Characters & Entities

• Kausalyā
• Bharata
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma
• forest (vana)
• Sītā (implied by sahabhārye)

FAQs

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

Family dharma and compassion: a mother’s rightful concern seeks truthful news while remaining within the bounds of propriety and care.

What is the narrative situation?

Kausalyā, anxious about Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa after the exile, questions Bharata, hoping no further harm has occurred.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Kausalyā’s tender concern and moral seriousness—her worry is for the well-being of those committed to dharma in exile.