Shloka 13

शरबन्धनविलापः

The Lament under the Net of Arrows

Devanagari script

त्वंनित्यंसुविषण्णंमामाश्वासयसिलक्ष्मण ।गतासुर्नाद्यशक्तोऽसिमामार्तमभिभाषितुम् ।।6.49.13।।

Transliteration

tvaṃ nityaṃ suviṣaṇṇaṃ mām āśvāsayasi lakṣmaṇa |

gatāsur nādya śakto 'si mām ārtaṃ abhibhāṣitum || 6.49.13 ||

Translation

ลักษมณะเอ๋ย เมื่อใดข้าหม่นหมอง ท่านก็คอยปลอบประโลมข้าเสมอ; แต่บัดนี้เมื่อปราณของท่านดับไปแล้ว ท่านไม่อาจกล่าวกับข้า ผู้กำลังทุกข์ร้อน ได้อีก

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: काल (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• सुविषण्णम्: deeply dejected
• सुविषण्णम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुविषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण माम्

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

• आश्वासयसि: you comfort
• आश्वासयसि: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः

• लक्ष्मण: O Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मण: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• गतासुः: lifeless
• गतासुः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत-असु (प्रातिपदिक; गत + असु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: 'गताः असवः यस्य' (one whose life-breaths have departed)

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

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: काल (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (today/now)

• शक्तः: able
• शक्तः: विधेय (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicative adjective) त्वम्

• असि: are
• असि: क्रिया (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• आर्तम्: distressed
• आर्तम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण माम्

• अभिभाषितुम्: to speak to / address
• अभिभाषितुम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

Context

"You were always comforting me when I was sad. Now however much I am grieved, ceased of life you cannot comfort me."

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma (implicit)

FAQs

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

Dharma is relational care: the righteous life is sustained by mutual support; the verse highlights the ethical beauty of consolation, counsel, and brotherly guardianship.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma addresses the seemingly lifeless Lakṣmaṇa, remembering how Lakṣmaṇa used to console him, and grieving that he cannot do so now.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Lakṣmaṇa’s devoted service and emotional steadiness—he is portrayed as Rāma’s constant support in adversity.