Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सोऽहं त्रस्तो भये मग्नो वसाम्युद्भ्रान्तचेतनः।वालिना निकृतो भ्रात्रा कृतवैरश्च राघव।।

Transliteration

so ’haṃ trasto bhaye magno vasāmy udbhrānta-cetanaḥ | vālinā nikṛto bhrātrā kṛta-vairaś ca rāghava ||

Translation

“Kaya ako’y nabubuhay na nanginginig sa pangamba, nalulunod sa takot, ligalig ang isip. Dinaya ako ng aking kapatid na si Vālin; kaya, O Rāghava, ako’y naging hayagang kaaway niya.”

Word by Word

• वालिनः: from Vali
• वालिनः: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (source sense: 'from Vali')

• मे: of me / to me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• भयार्तस्य: of (me) distressed by fear
• भयार्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय-आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: भयेन आर्तः (distressed by fear)

• सर्वलोकाभयङ्कर: O terror to all worlds
• सर्वलोकाभयङ्कर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक-अभयङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: सर्वलोकानाम् अभयङ्करः (one who is a terror to all worlds/people)

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

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

• अनाथस्य: of (me) helpless
• अनाथस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive): 'to do'

• अर्हसि: ought to / are worthy to
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

'O Rama! my brother is my enemy. Deceived and threatened by him, I live in the forest stricken with fear and utterly confused.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Vālin
• Rāma (Rāghava)

FAQs

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

The duty to protect the oppressed: Sugrīva’s fear highlights the dharmic need for a righteous protector to restrain unjust power.

What is the narrative situation?

Sugrīva names Vālin directly and clarifies the hostile relationship created by deception, explaining his ongoing terror.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral clarity: Sugrīva identifies wrongdoing and its consequences rather than disguising the conflict.