Valmiki Ramayana 2.107.6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 107, Shloka 6

पितृवाक्यपालनम्, गयाश्रुति-उपदेशः, भरतस्य राज्यग्रहण-निर्देशः

Rama’s Counsel on Vows, the Gaya Śruti, and Bharata’s Return to Rule

Devanagari script

ततः सा सम्प्रतिश्राव्य तव माता यशस्विनी।अयाचत नरश्रेष्ठं द्वौ वरौ वरवर्णिनी।।2.107.5।।तव राज्यं नरव्याघ्र मम प्रव्राजनं तथा।तच्च राजा तदा तस्यै नियुक्तः प्रददौ वरौ।।2.107.6।।

Transliteration

tava rājyaṃ naravyāghra mama pravrājanaṃ tathā | tau ca rājā tadā tasyai niyuktaḥ pradadau varau || 2.107.6 ||

Translation

హే నరవ్యాఘ్రా! నీకు రాజ్యం, నాకు ప్రవాసం (వనవాసం) కూడా—అని తన ప్రతిజ్ఞతో బద్ధుడైన రాజు అప్పుడు ఆమెకు ఆ రెండు వరాలను ప్రసాదించాడు.

Word by Word

• tena: by that/therefore
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• pitrā: by (my) father
• pitrā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative (1st), Singular

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphasis/inclusion particle

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, deśa-avyaya (place adverb)

• niyuktaḥ: ordered/appointed
• niyuktaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-yuj (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate to aham

• puruṣarṣabha: O best of men
• puruṣarṣabha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th), Singular; epithet 'bull among men'

• caturdaśa: fourteen
• caturdaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturdaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (द्विगु), indeclinable-like numeral used adjectivally; qualifying varṣāṇi

• vane: in the forest
• vane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• vāsam: dwelling/residence
• vāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• varṣāṇi: years
• varṣāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• varadānikam: as per the boon
• varadānikam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + dānika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; adjective to vāsam/varṣāṇi: 'in accordance with the boon-giving (promise)'

Context

Let an umbrella protect you against (scorching) sunshine and provide its cool shade over your head, O Bharata! As for me, I shall happily seek the shade of these densewoodland trees.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Bharata
• Dasaratha
• Kaikeyi
• Kingdom of Ayodhya (implied)

FAQs

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

Satya as kingship-dharma: a ruler’s word must stand even when it causes personal ruin, because public trust rests on truth kept.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama completes the account: Kaikeyī specifies the two boons—Bharata’s coronation and Rama’s exile—and Daśaratha, bound, complies.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The ideal of royal truthfulness (satya-vacana), presented as compulsory once a pledge is given.