Shloka 25

सीतान्वेषणविलापः

Rama’s Lament and Search for Sita

Devanagari script

शार्दूल यदि सा दृष्टा प्रिया चन्द्रनिभानना।मैथिली मम विस्रब्धं कथयस्व न ते भयम्।।3.60.25।।

Transliteration

śārdūla yadi sā dṛṣṭā priyā candranibhānanā | maithilī mama visrabdhaṁ kathayasva na te bhayam || 3.60.25 ||

Translation

โอ้เสือเอ๋ย—หากเจ้าได้เห็นนางไมถิลีของเรา ผู้เป็นที่รัก ผู้มีพักตร์ดุจจันทร์ จงบอกกล่าวโดยไม่ต้องหวาดหวั่น เจ้าไม่จำเป็นต้องกลัว

Word by Word

• शार्दूल: O tiger
• शार्दूल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (if)

• सा: she
• सा: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• प्रिया: beloved
• प्रिया: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• चन्द्रनिभानना: moon-faced
• चन्द्रनिभानना: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candra + nibha + ānanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (चन्द्रनिभम् आननं यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular)

• मैथिली: Maithilī (Sītā)
• मैथिली: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maithilī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• विस्रब्धम्: confidently, without fear
• विस्रब्धम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: visrabdha (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative neuter singular used as manner)

• कथयस्व: tell
• कथयस्व: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd person singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Kartā (कर्ता; in 'na te bhayam' = 'there is no fear for you')
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative singular)

Context

O tiger! tell me freely and fearlessly if you have seen my beloved princess from Mithila with a face like the moon.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Maithilī (Sītā)
• Tiger (śārdūla)

FAQs

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

Truth should be spoken without fear when it serves righteousness—Rāma explicitly removes fear as a barrier to truthful reporting.

What is the narrative situation?

In his search, Rāma addresses even a tiger, urging it to reveal any sighting of Sītā without hesitation.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Courage and moral authority: even in distress, Rāma speaks as one who protects rather than threatens, encouraging fearless truth.