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Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.3: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 3

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

किं त्वाऽमन्यत वैदेहः पिता मे मिथिलाधिपः।राम जामातरं प्राप्य स्त्रियं पुरुषविग्रहम्।।2.30.3।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.30.3

kiṃ tvā amanyata vaidehaḥ pitā me mithilādhipaḥ | rāma jāmātaraṃ prāpya striyaṃ puruṣa-vigraham || 2.30.3 ||

O Rāma—nang tanggapin ka ng aking ama, ang hari ng Mithilā, bilang manugang, inakala ba niyang ikaw ay isang babae na nag-anyong lalaki?

किम्what
किम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थे (what?)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया, एकवचन
अन्यतthought/considered
अन्यत:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (अमन्यत्)
वैदेहःthe king of Videha
वैदेहः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवैदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
मेmy
मे:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)
मिथिलाधिपःlord of Mithila
मिथिलाधिपः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमिथिला (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मिथिलायाः अधिपः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
रामO Rama
राम:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
जामातरम्son-in-law
जामातरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजामातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
प्राप्यhaving obtained
प्राप्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावे कृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
स्त्रियम्a woman
स्त्रियम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म-सम्बन्धे (as a woman)
पुरुषविग्रहम्in the form of a man
पुरुषविग्रहम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (पुरुषस्य विग्रहः = male form); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक—यहाँ द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्त्रियम्—व्याजोक्त्या)

O Rama! while accepting you as son-in-law did my father, king of Mithila and lord of Videha ever think that you are a woman in the guise of a man?

S
Sītā
R
Rāma
J
Janaka (implied as Sītā’s father)
M
Mithilā
V
Videha

FAQs

It challenges wavering in duty: Sītā invokes the expected dharma of a kṣatriya hero—steadfastness and courage in hardship.

Sītā rebukes Rāma’s reluctance/hesitation about her going with him, using sharp rhetorical questioning.

Sītā’s boldness and resolve—she asserts her rightful place beside Rāma in adversity.

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