Valmiki Ramayana 2.112.6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 112, Shloka 6

पादुकाप्रदानम्

The Gift of the Sandals and Delegated Kingship

Devanagari script

सदाऽनृणमिमं रामं वयमिच्छामहे पितुः।

आनृणत्वाच्च कैकेय्या: स्वर्गम् दशरथो गतः।।2.112.6।।

Transliteration

sadā anṛṇam imaṃ rāmaṃ vayam icchāmahe pituḥ | ānṛṇatvāc ca kaikeyyāḥ svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ || 2.112.6 ||

Translation

सदा पितुः प्रति अनृणम् इमं रामं वयम् इच्छामहे। कैकेय्याः प्रति आनृणत्वात् च दशरथः स्वर्गं गतः॥

Word by Word

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), kāla-avyaya (कालाव्यय) adverb

• anṛṇam: free from debt/obligation
• anṛṇam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular); viśeṣaṇa of "rāmam"

• imam: this
• imam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; sarvanāma used adjectivally with "rāmam"

• rāmam: Rama
• rāmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• vayam: we
• vayam: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Uttama-puruṣa sarvanāma; Bahuvacana (plural), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा)

• icchāmahe: we desire
• icchāmahe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Bahuvacana; dhātu: iṣ (इष्) = icch- (desire)

• pituḥ: of (his) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; sambandha (genitive relation)

• ānṛṇatvāt: because of being free from debt (discharging obligation)
• ānṛṇatvāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānṛṇatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; hetu/ कारणार्थे (ablative of cause)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (समुच्चय) conjunction

• kaikeyyāḥ: of Kaikeyi
• kaikeyyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaikeyī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; gati-sthāna as object of motion

• daśarathaḥ: Dasharatha
• daśarathaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśaratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• gataḥ: went/attained
• gataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (क्त), bhūta-kṛdanta past participle; Pumliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kartari prayoga with implied "asti"

Context

Thereafter hosts of rishis desiring the speedy destruction of ten-headed Ravana said these words to Bharata, the best of kings.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Kaikeyī
• svarga

FAQs

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

Dharma is framed as honoring obligations (ṛṇa): moral life requires discharging rightful debts—especially to parents and through truth-bound promises.

What is the narrative situation?

Sages justify why Rāma must adhere to the exile decision: it preserves the father’s pledged word and keeps Rāma ethically ‘unindebted.’

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s steadfast truthfulness and dutifulness—his willingness to bear hardship so that dharma and ancestral honor remain intact.