Shloka 22

Devanagari script

कस्मान्मामपहायत्वंगतोगतिमतांवर ।अस्माल्लोकादमुंलोकंत्यक्त्वामामपिदुःखिताम् ।।6.32.22।।

Transliteration

kasmān mām apahāya tvaṃ gato gatimatāṃ vara |

asmāl lokād amuṃ lokaṃ tyaktvā mām api duḥkhitām ||6.32.22||

Translation

ไฉนท่านจึงละข้าแล้วจากไป โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่ผู้ทรงเกียรติ? ละโลกนี้ไปสู่โลกหน้าแล้ว ไฉนยังทอดทิ้งข้า ผู้จมอยู่ในความทุกข์โศกด้วยเล่า?

Word by Word

• कस्मात्: why
• कस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; interrogative ablative sense 'from what cause/why'

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपहाय: having abandoned
• अपहाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + हा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive), अव्यय; 'having abandoned'

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गतः: have gone
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP used as finite sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गतिमताम्: of the illustrious
• गतिमताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (गति यस्य/गति-सम्बद्ध) + मतुप्; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; 'of the eminent/fortunate'

• वर: O best one
• वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ablative 'from this'

• लोकात्: world
• लोकात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ablative

• अमुम्: that (yonder)
• अमुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लोकम्: world (heavenly world)
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive), अव्यय; 'having left'

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: None (अकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle

• दुःखिताम्: sorrowful
• दुःखिताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies माम्

Context

"O Jewel among those who attained good state! Why have you gone abandoning me dear? To which world have you gone from here? I am pained by your deserting me."

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma

FAQs

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

The moral weight of responsibility toward dependents: Sītā frames abandonment as ethically troubling, because dharma includes protection and presence, especially toward one left vulnerable.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā imagines Rāma has departed to the next world and questions why she has been left behind in suffering.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s moral clarity: even in grief she evaluates the situation through duty, relationship, and rightful conduct.