Shloka 13

सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः

Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove

Devanagari script

न ते पापमिदं कर्म शुखोदर्कं भविष्यति।याऽहं नीता विनाभावं पतिपार्श्वात्त्वया वने।।।।

Transliteration

na te pāpam idaṃ karma sukhodarkaṃ bhaviṣyati | yāhaṃ nītā vinābhāvaṃ patipārśvāt tvayā vane ||

Translation

உன் இந்தப் பாவச் செயல் இன்ப முடிவைத் தராது. சிந்தனை இன்றியே, காட்டில் என் கணவரின் அருகிலிருந்து என்னை நீ தூக்கிக் கொண்டு வந்தாய்.

Word by Word

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

• te: for you / your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; ‘of/for you’

• pāpam: sinful
• pāpam: Visheshana (विशेषण of ‘karma’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective qualifying ‘karma’

• idaṃ: this
• idaṃ: Visheshana (विशेषण of ‘karma’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative adjective

• karma: deed
• karma: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sukhodarkaṃ: ending in happiness
• sukhodarkaṃ: Visheshana (विशेषण of implied ‘phala’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha-udarka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; tatpuruṣa: sukha (n.) + udarka (m./n. ‘result/end’) = ‘having happiness as outcome’

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to ‘ahaṃ’

• ahaṃ: I
• ahaṃ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun

• nītā: (was) taken
• nītā: Karma (कर्म in passive construction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; passive sense ‘having been led’

• vinābhāvaṃ: without regard/without feeling
• vinābhāvaṃ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā-bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; ‘vinā’ (without) + ‘bhāva’ (feeling/consideration) used adverbially; accusative-form as avyaya

• patipārśvāt: from my husband’s side
• patipārśvāt: Apadana (अपादान/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati-pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; tatpuruṣa: pati (m. husband) + pārśva (n. side) = ‘from (my) husband’s side’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr (कर्ता in passive; Agent/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; agent in passive

• vane: in the forest
• vane: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Context

This evil deed(of abduction) will not yield happy results.You have brought me from my husband from the forest without any forethought.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāvaṇa
• Rāma
• forest (vana)

FAQs

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

Adharma (sinful action) cannot yield true sukha (well-being). The verse teaches moral causality: wrongful means do not lead to auspicious ends.

What is the narrative situation?

After being abducted, Sītā confronts Rāvaṇa in the forest context and condemns the act of taking her away from Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s steadfastness and moral clarity—she refuses to normalize wrongdoing and asserts the ethical consequences of adharma.