Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 85, Shloka 7

भरत-गुहसंवादः

Bharata and Guha: Trust, Hospitality, and the Burden of Grief

Devanagari script

कच्छिन्नदुष्टो व्रजसि रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः।इयं ते महती सेना शङ्कां जनयतीव मे।।2.85.7।।

Transliteration

kacchin na duṣṭo vrajasi rāmasyākliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ |

iyaṃ te mahatī senā śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me || 2.85.7 ||

Translation

कच्चिन्नदुष्टो व्रजसि रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः। इयं ते महती सेना शङ्कां जनयतीव मे॥

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: surely?/is it that…?
• कच्चित्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle: ‘is it the case that…?’)

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

• दुष्टः: ill-intentioned
• दुष्टः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘त्वम्’ understood

• व्रजसि: you go
• व्रजसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• रामस्य: of Rama / to Rama (context)
• रामस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• अक्लिष्टकर्मणः: whose deeds are untiring
• अक्लिष्टकर्मणः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+क्लिष्ट+कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘unwearied’ + ‘deeds’); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘रामस्य’

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘सेना’

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• महती: great/large
• महती: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘सेना’

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शङ्काम्: suspicion/doubt
• शङ्काम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जनयती: producing/arousing
• जनयती: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनयत् (कृदन्त; जनि/जन् धातु, णिच्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle, परस्मैपदी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘सेना’ as subject

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (comparative particle: ‘as if’)

• मे: in me/to me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) / चतुर्थी (Dative) एकवचन; here दत्ते/अनुभवे (to me/in me)

Context

Are you not going to that place with the evil intention of causing harm to Rama of unwearied actions? This large army of yours arouses doubts in me.

Characters & Entities

• Guha
• Bharata
• Rama

FAQs

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

Dharma includes protective vigilance: Guha’s suspicion is not hostility but a duty to safeguard Rama. Ethical loyalty sometimes requires questioning power when facts are unclear.

What is the narrative situation?

Seeing Bharata’s large armed force, Guha fears it might be aimed at harming the exiled Rama and voices his concern.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Guha’s guardianship and moral courage—he risks displeasing a prince to protect a righteous man.