Shloka 15

सीतावियोगे रामविलापः

Rāma’s Lament in Separation from Sītā

Devanagari script

अथवा न गमिष्यामि पुरीं भरतपालिताम्।।3.62.15।।स्वर्गोऽपि सीतया हीनश्शून्य एव मतो मम।

Transliteration

athavā na gamiṣyāmi purīṃ bharata-pālitām | svargo 'pi sītayā hīnaḥ śūnya eva mato mama || 3.62.15 ||

Translation

లేదా భరతుడు పాలిస్తున్న ఆ నగరానికి కూడా నేను వెళ్లను; సీత లేకపోతే నాకు స్వర్గమూ శూన్యమే.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: "or else")

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• पुरीम्: to the city
• पुरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• भरतपालिताम्: ruled/protected by Bharata
• भरतपालिताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक) + पालित (कृदन्त, √पाल्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भरतेन/भरतस्य पालिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle)

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: "even/also")

• सीतया: with Sita / by Sita
• सीतया: Hetu/Karana (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), एकवचन

• हीनः: deprived (of)
• हीनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सीतया) हीनः = तृतीया-सम्बन्ध (deprived of)

• शून्यः: empty
• शून्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: "indeed/just")

• मतः: is considered
• मतः: Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (कृदन्त, √मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) अर्थे "considered/deemed"

• मम: by me / for me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अधिकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

Context

Go to the auspicious city of Ayodhya, leaving me here in the woods. I can never live without Sita.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Bharata
• Ayodhyā (implied by 'purī')
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

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

Righteous life is not mere comfort or destination: without justice restored and Sītā recovered, even ‘heaven’ is meaningless—dharma outweighs pleasure.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma contemplates refusing to return to Ayodhyā if Sītā is not with him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Single-minded commitment—Rāma prioritizes recovery of Sītā and moral completion over royal life or personal happiness.