Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 95, Shloka 12

युद्धकाण्डे पञ्चनवतितमः सर्गः

Sarga 95: Lamentation in Laṅkā and the Causal Chain of Enmity

Devanagari script

न च सीतांदशग्रीवःप्राप्नोतिजनकात्मजाम् ।बद्धंबलवतावैरमक्षयंराघवेण च ।।।।

Transliteration

na ca sītāṁ daśagrīvaḥ prāpnoti janakātmajām |

baddhaṁ balavatā vairaṁ akṣayaṁ rāghaveṇa ca ||6.95.12||

Translation

न च दशग्रीवो जनकात्मजां सीतां प्राप्नोति; बलवता कर्मणा राघवेण सह तेनाक्षयं वैरं बद्धम्।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: निषेध (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सीताम्: Sita
• सीताम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दशग्रीवः: the ten-necked (Ravana)
• दशग्रीवः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'दश ग्रीवाः यस्य'

• प्राप्नोति: attains/gets
• प्राप्नोति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जनक-आत्मजाम्: Janaka's daughter
• जनक-आत्मजाम्: कर्म (apposition to सीताम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'जनकस्य आत्मजा'

• बद्धम्: formed/bound
• बद्धम्: विधेय-विशेषण (predicate to वैरम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: बन्ध्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'bound/formed'

• बलवता: by the mighty one
• बलवता: करण/सहायक (instrumental qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (राघवेण)

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: undying
• अक्षयम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (वैरम्)

• राघवेण: by Raghava (Rama)
• राघवेण: कर्ता (instrumental agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Context

"Hope the ten headed Ravana will not touch Sita forcibly, by which undying enmity has been contracted already."

Characters & Entities

• Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa)
• Sītā
• Janaka
• Rāghava (Rāma)

FAQs

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

Dharma asserts limits: what is seized by force cannot be truly possessed; injustice forges enduring, righteous resistance.

What is the narrative situation?

A warning to Rāvaṇa that abducting Sītā has irreversibly bound him into an imperishable feud with Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Steadfastness in righteousness: Rāma’s commitment makes the moral consequence ‘undying’ and unavoidable.