Shloka 11

रामक्रोधवर्णनम्

Lakshmana’s Counsel to the Enraged Rama

Devanagari script

सरितस्सागराश्शैला देवगन्धर्वदानवाः।।।।नालं ते विप्रियं कर्तुं दीक्षितस्येव साधवः।

Transliteration

saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā deva-gandharva-dānavāḥ |

nālaṃ te vipriyaṃ kartuṃ dīkṣitasy eva sādhavaḥ ||

Translation

แม่น้ำทั้งหลาย มหาสมุทร และขุนเขา—เหล่าเทวดา คนธรรพ์ แม้กระทั่งทานวะ—ก็ไม่อาจทำสิ่งอันเป็นที่ระคายแก่พระองค์ได้ ดุจคนดีทั้งหลายไม่กระทำความเป็นปฏิปักษ์ต่อผู้ทรงพรตผู้รับดิษฐาแล้ว

Word by Word

• saritaḥ: rivers
• saritaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• sāgarāḥ: oceans
• sāgarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• śailāḥ: mountains
• śailāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• deva-gandharva-dānavāḥ: gods, gandharvas, and demons
• deva-gandharva-dānavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (देवाश्च गन्धर्वाश्च दानवाश्च)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• alam: able/sufficient
• alam: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (sufficient/able; with infinitive: 'able to')

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/dative) एकवचन; सम्प्रदानार्थे (to you)

• vipriyam: something displeasing
• vipriyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (प्रयोजनम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• dīkṣitasya: of an initiated/vowed person
• dīkṣitasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣita (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; 'दीक्षितस्य' = 'of one under vow/initiated'

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• sādhavaḥ: good people/saints
• sādhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

Context

Just as pious men do not do anything disagreeable towards persons who observe religious vows, so also rivers, seas and mountains, gods, gandharvas and demons are not capable of causing unhappiness to you.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma
• rivers
• mountains
• gods
• gandharvas
• dānavas

FAQs

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

Dharma creates moral immunity: one established in vows and righteousness is not easily assailed; the world’s forces, like virtuous people, naturally refrain from harming such a person.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakṣmaṇa reassures Rāma that the cosmos itself is not inclined to oppose him; the problem is not nature’s hostility but the need to pursue the culprit.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s dīkṣā-like discipline and moral stature are praised; Lakṣmaṇa uses this to calm and re-center him.