Shloka 27

सीताविलापः

Sītā’s Lament over the Illusory Head and Bow

Devanagari script

सात्वांसुप्तंहतंश्रुत्वामांचरक्षोगृहंगताम् ।हृदयेनविदीर्णेननभविष्यतिराघव ।।6.32.27।।

Transliteration

sā tvāṃ suptaṃ hataṃ śrutvā māṃ ca rakṣo-gṛhaṃ gatām |

hṛdayena vidīrṇena na bhaviṣyati rāghava ||6.32.27||

Translation

โอ ราฆพ เมื่อได้ยินว่าท่านถูกสังหารขณะหลับใหล และข้าถูกนำไปยังเรือนของรากษส นางคงไม่อาจมีชีวิตอยู่ต่อไปได้ด้วยหัวใจที่แตกสลาย

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (nominative, 1st case), Ekavacana (singular); sarvanāma (pronoun)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Strīliṅga (2nd person pronoun; gender-neutral in use), Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative, 2nd case), Ekavacana (singular)

• सुप्तम्: asleep
• सुप्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svap (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga (masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative), Ekavacana; used adjectivally qualifying 'tvām'

• हतम्: killed
• हतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: han (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifying 'tvām'

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/gerund), avyaya; expresses prior action 'having heard'

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 1st person pronoun, Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative), Ekavacana

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)

• रक्षोगृहम्: the house of the Rakshasas
• रक्षोगृहम्: Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म; goal of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): rakṣasām gṛham; Napuṃsakaliṅga (neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative), Ekavacana; used as destination with 'gatām'

• गताम्: gone/taken (having gone)
• गताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle, Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; qualifying 'mām' (me, feminine speaker)

• हृदयेन: with (my) heart
• हृदयेन: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instrumental, 3rd case), Ekavacana

• विदीर्णेन: torn asunder
• विदीर्णेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjectival to instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + dṝ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle, Napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; qualifying 'hṛdayena'

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

• भविष्यति: will live/survive
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (simple future), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (singular), Parasmaipada

• राघव: O Raghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative), Ekavacana

Context

"Raghava! Hearing that you were killed while asleep and I was taken to the home of Rakshasas, Kausalya will not be able to survive with a broken heart."

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Kauśalyā
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

Dharma recognizes relational duties and their emotional realities: the mother-son bond is treated as sacred, and the collapse of that bond by tragic news is depicted as morally catastrophic.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā foresees Kauśalyā’s inability to bear the double blow—Rāma’s death and Sītā’s captivity.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Compassion—Sītā’s grief expands into concern for others’ suffering, not only her own.