Shloka 17

सीतान्वेषणविलापः

Rama’s Lament and Search for Sita

Devanagari script

अशोक शोकापनुद शोकोपहतचेतसम्।त्वन्नामानं कुरु क्षिप्रं प्रियासन्दर्शनेन माम्।।3.60.17।।

Transliteration

aśoka śokāpanuda śokopahata-cetasam | tvannāmānaṃ kuru kṣipraṃ priyā-sandarśanena mām || 3.60.17 ||

Translation

โอ้ อโศก ผู้ขจัดความโศกเศร้า ใจเราถูกความทุกข์ครอบงำแล้ว ขอจงเร่งให้เราได้เห็นนางผู้เป็นที่รัก เพื่อให้เราสมควรแก่พระนามของเจ้า

Word by Word

• अशोक: O Ashoka (tree)
• अशोक: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• शोकापनुद: O dispeller of sorrow
• शोकापनुद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक-अपनुद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शोकम् अपनुदति इति), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शोकोपहतचेतसम्: me whose mind is struck by grief
• शोकोपहतचेतसम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक-उपहत-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शोकेन उपहतं चेतः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माम्)

• त्वन्नामानम्: your name
• त्वन्नामानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत्-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-नाम), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do/make
• कुरु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• प्रियासन्दर्शनेन: by showing (me) my beloved
• प्रियासन्दर्शनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिया-सन्दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रियायाः सन्दर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/3rd case), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (उभयत्र), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Context

O Palmyra tree! be kind to me and tell me if you have seen my beautiful beloved who has breasts like ripe palmyra fruit?

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Aśoka tree

FAQs

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

Dharma is the aspiration to regain inner steadiness through rightful reunion, not through harmful shortcuts; Rāma seeks relief from sorrow by truthful sight of Sītā.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma appeals to the aśoka tree, punning on its name (‘without sorrow’), begging for any sign that will lead him to Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Self-restraint within grief—his plea is earnest but not destructive, showing disciplined longing.