Valmiki Ramayana 2.44.27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 44, Shloka 27

सुमित्रोपदेशः

Sumitra’s Consolation to Kausalya

Devanagari script

अभिवादयमानं तं दृष्ट्वा ससुहृदं सुतम्।मुदाऽश्रृ मोक्ष्यसे क्षिप्रं मेघलेखेव वार्षिकी।।।।

Transliteration

abhivādayamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa-suhṛdaṃ sutam | mudā ’śru mokṣyase kṣipraṃ meghalekheva vārṣikī ||

Translation

సుహృదులతో కూడిన నీ కుమారుడు నీకు నమస్కరిస్తున్నదాన్ని చూచి, నీవు త్వరలో ఆనందాశ్రువులను విడిచెదవు—వర్షాకాల మేఘరేఖ వానను కురిపించినట్లుగా।

Word by Word

• abhivādayamānam: greeting / paying reverence
• abhivādayamānam: Karma (कर्म; participle qualifying object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-vad (धातु) + ṇic + śatṛ
• Form: Causative present active participle (णिच् + शतृ), Accusative, Singular, Masculine; qualifying sutam

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable

• sasuhṛdam: together with friends
• sasuhṛdam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-suhṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound: sa + suhṛd (with friends); Accusative, Singular, Masculine; qualifying sutam

• sutam: (your) son
• sutam: Karma (कर्म/Object of dṛṣṭvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karaṇa (करण; manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mud (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; adverbial instrument

• aśru: tears
• aśru: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• mokṣyase: you will release / shed
• mokṣyase: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (Future), Ātmanepada, 2nd person, Singular

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipram (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb

• meghalekhe: a cloud-streak
• meghalekhe: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha-lekhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound: megha + lekhā (streak of cloud); Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; upamāna

• iva: like
• iva: Upamādyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle

• vārṣikī: rainy-season (one)
• vārṣikī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vārṣikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying meghalekhe (rainy-season (cloud-streak))

Context

Like a flake of cloud in monsoon, you are going to shed tears of joy soon seeing your son along with his friends bowing to you in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Sumitrā
• Kausalyā
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Dharma is sustained by hope and right expectation: the righteous path leads to auspicious outcomes, and reverence to parents is portrayed as a hallmark of dharmic life.

What is the narrative situation?

Sumitrā paints a reassuring future scene to lift Kausalyā’s grief—Rāma returning and honoring his mother.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Filial reverence (mātṛ-bhakti) and humility—Rāma’s respectful salutation to his mother.