Shloka 95

पम्पा

तीर-वर्णनम् / Rama’s Lament at Pampa and the Approach to Rishyamuka

Devanagari script

यदि दृश्येत सा साध्वी यदि चेह वसेमहि।स्पृहयेयं न शक्राय नायोध्यायै रघूत्तम।।।।

Transliteration

yadi dṛśyeta sā sādhvī yadi ceha vasemahi |

spṛhayeyaṃ na śakrāya nāyodhyāyai raghūttama ||

Translation

ఆ సాధ్వీ సీత దర్శనమిస్తే—మేము ఇక్కడే ఆమెతో కలిసి నివసించగలిగితే—హే రఘూత్తమా! నాకు ఇంద్రపదంపైనా, అయోధ్యపైనా కూడా ఆశ ఉండదు॥

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: N/A (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conditional conjunction

• दृश्येत: were to be seen/found
• दृश्येत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) ‘would be seen/found’

• सा: she/that (lady)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• साध्वी: the virtuous/chaste woman
• साध्वी: Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used as epithet

• यदि: if
• यदि: N/A (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conditional conjunction

• च: and
• च: N/A (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• इह: here
• इह: N/A (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; place adverb

• वसेमहि: we should dwell/stay
• वसेमहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्पृहयेयम्: I would desire/long for
• स्पृहयेयम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: N/A (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; negation particle

• शक्राय: for Indra (or Indra’s status)
• शक्राय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Goal; for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• न: nor/not
• न: N/A (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; negation

• अयोध्यायै: for Ayodhya
• अयोध्यायै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Goal; for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• रघूत्तम: O best of the Raghus
• रघूत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष in sense ‘best among the Raghus’

Context

'O Lakshmna, the best of the Raghu race, if only that chaste Sita appears, we will stay here. I will not wish for the position of Indra or for Ayodhya.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Ayodhyā
• Raghu lineage (Raghūttama)

FAQs

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

Dharma of marital fidelity and single-hearted devotion: Rāma values reunion with Sītā above power (Indra) or kingdom (Ayodhyā), showing truth-centered priorities.

What is the narrative situation?

In springtime Kishkindhā, Rāma’s longing peaks; he tells Lakṣmaṇa that even sovereignty is meaningless without Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Pativrata-bhāva in reverse (husband’s fidelity): unwavering commitment to one spouse and to the truth of that bond.