Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततो<ब्रवीत्‌ सागरगा जिह्दां चरसि भाविनि । नैष कामो5नवलद्याड़ि शक्‍्य: प्राप्तुं त्वयाबले

Transliteration

tato 'bravīt sāgaragā jihvāṃ ca rasi bhāvini | naiṣa kāmo 'navaladyāḍi śakyaḥ prāptuṃ tvayābale ||

Translation

Pagkaraan ay nagsalita si Rāma: “O ikaw na gumagalaw sa karagatan, o marahan—ang iyong dila’y tunay na pagala-gala at di mapigil. Ngunit ang pagnanasang ito’y hindi matutupad; hindi mo ito maaabot, sapagkat ikaw ay mahina.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

सागरगाthe sea-going (one) (name/epithet: Sāgaragā)

जिह्वाम्tongue

चरसिyou move/wander

भाविनिO future one / O destined one

नnot

एषःthis

कामःdesire, wish

अनवलद्यnot to be checked/held back (unrestrainable)

अद्यtoday, now

शक्यःpossible, able (to be done/attained)

प्राप्तुम्to obtain, to reach

त्वयाby you

अबलेO weak one

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Ocean (Sāgara)

Tongue (jihvā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire must be measured against reality and capacity; ethical restraint means recognizing what cannot or should not be pursued and curbing impulsive craving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma addresses a feminine figure described as ocean-moving, remarking that her tongue roams restlessly and declaring that the particular desire she seeks is unattainable for her due to weakness or lack of capacity.