Valmiki Ramayana 2.57.30: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57, Shloka 30

सप्तपञ्चाशः सर्गः

Sumantra’s Return to Ayodhya and the Palace’s Lament

Devanagari script

अद्यैवमनयं कृत्वा व्यपत्रपसि राघव।उत्तिष्ठ सुकृतं तेस्तु शोके नस्या त्सहायता।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.57.30

Transliteration

adyai vamanayaṃ kṛtvā vyapatrapasi rāghava | uttiṣṭha sukṛtaṃ te ’stu śoke na syāt sahāyatā ||

Translation

Ó Rāghava, envergonhas-te agora após cometer tal erro? Ergue-te; seja teu o mérito de manter a palavra empenhada — porém, na dor, não há amparo.

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Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• अनयम्: injustice/wrong
• अनयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having done'

• व्यपत्रपसि: you feel ashamed
• व्यपत्रपसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अप-√त्रप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राघव: O Raghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise/stand up
• उत्तिष्ठ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुकृतम्: merit/good deed
• सुकृतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (as subject of अस्तु)

• ते: your/to you
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here षष्ठी (genitive) 'of you/your'

• अस्तु: let it be / may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शोके: in sorrow
• शोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• स्यात्: would be / may be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहायता: help/assistance
• सहायता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहायता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (subject of स्यात्)

Context

O descendant of the Raghus! are you ashamed of having done an injustice? Arise. you may be a blessed one (for fulfilling your promise). If you grieve, none will help you.

Characters & Entities

• Kausalya
• Dasharatha (addressed as Rāghava in this passage)
• Raghu lineage (Rāghava)

FAQs

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

The tension between Satya (keeping one’s word) and the ethical harm caused by one’s choices: Kausalya acknowledges the ‘merit’ of truthfulness but confronts the injustice and urges action over paralysis.

What is the narrative situation?

Kausalya admonishes the stunned Dasharatha, urging him to rise and respond rather than remain incapacitated by grief.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Kausalya’s frank moral courage—she speaks hard truth to power while still seeking a way forward.