Shloka 16

Devanagari script

आगता त्वामियं बुद्धिस्स्वजा वैनयिकी च या।भृशमुत्सहसे तात रक्षितुं पृथिवीमपि।।2.112.16।।

Transliteration

āgatā tvām iyaṃ buddhis svajā vainayikī ca yā | bhṛśam utsahase tāta rakṣituṃ pṛthivīm api || 2.112.16 ||

Translation

తాతా! ఈ బుద్ధి నీకు కలిగింది—స్వభావజమైనదీ, వినయశిక్షచే పరిపక్వమైనదీ. దానితో నీవు భూమినికూడా రక్షించుటకు పూర్తిగా సమర్థుడవు.

Word by Word

• āgatā: has come/has reached
• āgatā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवतु-प्रत्ययः; past participle sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; agrees with बुद्धिः

• tvām: to you
• tvām: Sampradana/Prati (सम्प्रदान/प्रति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• iyam: this
• iyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बुद्धिः-विशेषण

• buddhiḥ: wisdom/intelligence
• buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• svajā: innate (self-born)
• svajā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva + jā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारयः (स्वा च सा जा च); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बुद्धिः-विशेषण

• vainayikī: from training/discipline
• vainayikī: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vainayikī (प्रातिपदिक; from vinaya)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बुद्धिः-विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yā: which
• yā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बुद्धिः-विशेषण (relative)

• bhṛśam: greatly/fully
• bhṛśam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• utsahase: you are able/you dare
• utsahase: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√sah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tāta: dear child
• tāta: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• rakṣitum: to protect
• rakṣitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), purpose sense

• pṛthivīm: the earth/kingdom
• pṛthivīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

Context

After due consultation with ministers, friends, counsellors and prudent persons, accomplish all tasks, however formidable they may appear.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Bharata
• pṛthivī (earth)

FAQs

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

Competent governance depends on cultivated discernment: virtue is both innate disposition and disciplined learning, enabling protection of society.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma responds to Bharata’s plea by affirming Bharata’s capacity and education for rulership.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Buddhi guided by vinaya—intelligence shaped by ethical training—presented as the foundation of responsible rule.