Valmiki Ramayana 2.106.7: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 106, Shloka 7

भरतवाक्यं · रामस्य पुनरायोध्यागमननिषेधः

Bharata’s Plea and Rama’s Refusal to Return

Spoken by Bharata to RamaSetting: Chitrakuta region (forest exile meeting)Places named: Chitrakuta

Devanagari script

न त्वामेवं गुणैर्युक्तं प्रभवाभवकोविदम् ।

अविषह्यतमं दुःखमासादयितुमर्हति ॥७॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.106.7

Transliteration

na tvām evaṃ guṇair yuktaṃ prabhavābhavakovidam |

aviṣahyatamaṃ duḥkham āsādayitum arhati ||7||

Translation

ท่านผู้ประกอบด้วยคุณธรรมเช่นนี้ และชำนาญในความรู้เรื่องมีและไม่มี ความขึ้นและความลง ชีวิตและความตาย ย่อมไม่สมควรถูกนำไปสู่ความทุกข์อันสุดจะทนได้

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Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Niṣedha-nipāta (negation)
• Role: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)

• tvām: you
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (by usage), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• evam: thus / in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Prakāra-avyaya (manner adverb)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)

• guṇaiḥ: with virtues
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)

• yuktam: endowed (with)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya past participle (क्त), Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; agrees with tvām (acc.) in sense: ‘endowed’
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)

• prabhavābhavakovidam: knowing origin and end (life and death)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhava-abhava-kovida (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (dvandva-like base within): prabhava (origin) + abhava (cessation) + kovida (skilled/knowing)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• aviṣahyatamam: most unbearable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-viṣahya-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; superlative (tama) with privative a-
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)

• duḥkham: grief / sorrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• āsādayitum: to reach / to befall
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sad (धातु)
• Form: Tumun-anta (infinitive, तुमुन्)
• Role: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)

• arhati: is proper / is fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)

Sandhi Notes

• tvāmēvaṅ → tvām evam
• guṇairyuktaṅ → guṇaiḥ yuktam
• duḥkhamāsādayitum → duḥkham āsādayitum

Context

It is not proper for a virtuous man like you, who is cognizant in matters of life and death, to be overwhelmed by such insufferable grief.

The teaching

For one endowed with discernment of rise and fall, surrender to unbearable sorrow is unfitting; steadiness is itself dharma.

Duties in tension

• Natural sorrow vs duty to remain dharma-sthita
• Personal pain vs leadership by example

Ethical theme

Aucitya (propriety) + fortitude

How it resolves

Normative reminder (aucitya): virtues make excessive grief improper

For your practice

A contemplation verse for cultivating resilience and measured emotion; supports vairāgya and dhairya practices.

Mood and themes

Rasa

Karuna (compassion), with Shanta (peace)

Mood

Pained, steadfast, restraining

Themes

• Dharma
• Ethics
• Equanimity
• Impermanence
• Kshatriya ideals

Symbolism

Relationships

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Dharma includes resilience: understanding impermanence (rise and fall) should mature into endurance rather than despair.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharata continues persuading Rāma, arguing from Rāma’s own wisdom and virtues that grief should not overpower him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Detachment and steadiness grounded in insight into life’s changes.