Valmiki Ramayana 2.37.33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37, Shloka 33

अयोध्याकाण्डे सर्गः ३७ — चीरधारणं, सीतासंकल्पः, वसिष्ठोपदेशः

Bark-Robe Episode and Vasistha’s Admonition

Devanagari script

द्रक्ष्यस्यद्यैव कैकेयी पशुव्यालमृगद्विजान्।गच्छतस्सह रामेण पादपांश्च तदुन्मुखान्।।2.37.33।।

Transliteration

drakṣyasy adyaiva kaikeyī paśu-vyāla-mṛga-dvijān | gacchatas saha rāmeṇa pādapāṁś ca tad-unmukhān || 2.37.33 ||

Translation

अद्यैव कैकेयि द्रक्ष्यसि पशून् व्यालान् मृगान् द्विजान्, पादपांश्च तदुन्मुखान् रामेण सह गच्छतः।

Word by Word

• drakṣyasi: you will see
• drakṣyasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Future), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (today)

• eva: indeed; itself
• eva: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (only/indeed/just)

• kaikeyī: O Kaikeyi
• kaikeyī: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaikeyī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana/Prathamā (Vocative or Nominative; context: address), Ekavacana

• paśu-vyāla-mṛga-dvijān: animals, beasts, deer, and birds
• paśu-vyāla-mṛga-dvijān: Karma (कर्म/Object of drakṣyasi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāla (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Bahuvacana; dvandva-samāsa (enumerative): animals + beasts/serpents + deer + birds

• gacchataḥ: as (he) goes; departing
• gacchataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (circumstantial participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Śatṛ-participle (present active participle) in genitive/ablative dual? Here: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive) Ekavacana of participle used with saha: 'of (him) going' i.e., 'as he goes'; agrees with rāma (implicit)

• saha: with
• saha: Sahārtha-bodhaka
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Prepositional indeclinable (with)

• rāmeṇa: with Rama
• rāmeṇa: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana

• pādapān: trees
• pādapān: Karma (Object of drakṣyasi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samucchaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (and)

• tad-unmukhān: turned toward him
• tad-unmukhān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of pādapān/paśu... )
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + unmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Bahuvacana; 'turned toward him/that' (tad + unmukha)

Context

Equipped with excellent chariots, attendants, garments, and all other needs let the princess (Sita) go. While seeking boons, you did not include Sita.

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeyī
• Rāma
• animals (paśu, vyāla, mṛga)
• birds (dvija)
• trees (pādapa)

FAQs

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

Dharma is portrayed as harmonizing the world: when righteousness leaves, even nature responds, indicating that moral order is not merely social but cosmic.

What is the narrative situation?

A warning to Kaikeyī that Rāma’s departure will draw universal sympathy and reveal the injustice of the exile.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s compassionate sovereignty—his presence commands reverence from all beings.