Valmiki Ramayana 2.60.21: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 60, Shloka 21

षष्टितमः सर्गः · Kausalyā’s Lament and Sumantra’s Consolation

Sītā’s Fearless Forest-Life

Devanagari script

न शोच्यास्ते न चात्मनश्शोच्यो नापि जनाधिपः ।

इदं हि चरितं लोके प्रतिष्ठास्यति शाश्वतम् ॥२१॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.60.21

Transliteration

na śocyās te na cātmanaḥ śocyo nāpi janādhipaḥ |

idaṃ hi caritaṃ loke pratiṣṭhāsyati śāśvatam ||21||

Translation

เขาทั้งหลายมิใช่ผู้ควรเวทนา ท่านก็มิใช่ผู้ควรเวทนา แม้พระราชาก็มิใช่ เพราะเรื่องแห่งความประพฤติอันเป็นธรรมนี้จักตั้งมั่นในโลกตลอดกาล

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• śocyāḥ: to be pitied
• śocyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śocya (कृदन्त, √śuc/शुच्; gerundive)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be pitied’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ते-विशेषण

• te: you (people)
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (you/they)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• ātmanaḥ: of yourself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of yourself’

• śocyaḥ: to be pitied
• śocyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śocya (कृदन्त, √śuc/शुच्; gerundive)
• Form: gerundive, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जनाधिप-विशेषण (understood)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक (also/even)

• janādhipaḥ: the king
• janādhipaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana-adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (people’s lord)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here: प्रथमा (subject)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• caritam: conduct, story
• caritam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carita (कृदन्त, √car/चर्; PPP used as noun)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘deed/episode’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• pratiṣṭhāsyati: will endure, be established
• pratiṣṭhāsyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) with prati-
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śāśvatam: permanently
• śāśvatam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; here: द्वितीया as क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative: permanently)

Context

You need not lament for them or for yourself or for the king. This story of Rama will endure permanently in the world.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• King (Daśaratha, implied by janādhipa)
• World (loka)

FAQs

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

Dharma is framed as exemplary conduct that becomes a lasting moral reference for society. The suffering is reinterpreted through the lens of enduring righteousness and truthful fame.

What is the narrative situation?

Sumantra argues against despair by stating that Rama’s conduct will become an everlasting model in the world, so lamentation is not fitting.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rama’s ideal conduct (ācāra) as a timeless standard—virtue that outlives immediate pain.