Shloka 18

सीताप्रत्याख्यानम् / Rama’s Post-Victory Address to Sītā

Public Opinion and Royal Duty

Devanagari script

तद्गच्छत्वानुजानेऽद्ययथेष्टंजनकात्मजे ।एतादशदिशोभद्रेकार्यमस्ति न मेत्वया ।।6.118.18।।

Transliteration

tad gaccha tvām anujāne 'dya yatheṣṭaṃ janakātmaje |

etādaśa-diśo bhadre kāryam asti na me tvayā ||6.118.18||

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น จงไปเถิด โอธิดาแห่งชนก วันนี้เราขออนุญาตแก่เจ้า จะไปทางใดตามปรารถนา. โอผู้เป็นมงคล เรามิได้มีธุระอันใดกับเจ้าอีกแล้ว.

Word by Word

• तत्: therefore
• तत्: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Discourse particle (निपात) used as ‘therefore/then’

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• अनुजाने: I permit
• अनुजाने: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक)

• यथेष्टम्: as you wish
• यथेष्टम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva adverb: ‘as desired/at will’

• जनकात्मजे: O Janaka's daughter
• जनकात्मजे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpurusha: ‘daughter of Janaka’

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta-pradhana-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies दिशः

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दश (संख्या/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: Numeral indeclinable (संख्यावाचक)

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• भद्रे: O auspicious one
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• कार्यम्: task, need
• कार्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• त्वया: with you / by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Context

"O Janaka's daughter! therefore now you are permitted to go wherever to any quarter. Let you be auspicious. I have no work with you."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Janaka

FAQs

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

Rāma articulates a dharma shaped by public legitimacy: he asserts that a king must act in ways that appear unimpeachable, even if it entails personal loss.

What is the narrative situation?

In the public assembly after the war, Rāma tells Sītā she is free to go wherever she wishes.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Detachment and कठोर-धर्मनिष्ठा (stern adherence to duty), presented as the ruler’s discipline.