Shloka 16

अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः

Sarga 75: Bharata and Kausalya—Reproach, Oaths, and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

इदं हि तव विस्तीर्णं धनधान्यसमाचितम्।हस्त्वश्वरथसम्पूर्णं राज्यं निर्यातितं तया।।।।

Transliteration

idaṃ hi tava vistīrṇaṃ dhanadhānyasamācitam | hastyaśvarathasampūrṇaṃ rājyaṃ niryātitaṃ tayā ||

Translation

ఈ విస్తారమైన రాజ్యం—ధనధాన్యాలతో నిండినది, ఏనుగులు, గుర్రాలు, రథాలతో సమృద్ధమైనది—ఆమె నీకు అప్పగించింది.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Prayojaka-nipāta (निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed/for)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• vistīrṇam: vast
• vistīrṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vistīrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhana-dhānya-samācitam: filled with wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samācitam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana+dhānya+samācita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; (धन-धान्ययोः द्वन्द्व + समाचित = filled with)

• hasti-aśva-ratha-sampūrṇam: abounding in elephants, horses, and chariots
• hasti-aśva-ratha-sampūrṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hasti+aśva+ratha+sampūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; (हस्ति-अश्व-रथ द्वन्द्व + सम्पूर्ण = full of)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• niryātitam: delivered/handed over
• niryātitam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√yā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (handed over/delivered)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Context

This vast kingdom, with all its abundance of wealth and grain, elephants, horses and chariots has been delivered to you by her.

Characters & Entities

• Kausalyā
• Bharata
• Kaikeyī
• Ayodhyā (implied kingdom)
• elephants
• horses
• chariots

FAQs

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

It highlights the moral tension between political transfer of power and ethical legitimacy—mere possession of kingdom is not equivalent to righteous entitlement.

What is the narrative situation?

Kausalyā accuses Bharata by pointing out that the kingdom’s control has been arranged and delivered to him through Kaikeyī’s actions.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Implicitly, Bharata’s integrity is being tested—whether he will reject unrighteous gain.