Shloka 14

पञ्चवटी-निर्देशः

Agastya Directs Rama to Panchavati

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वाऽऽश्रमपदं कृत्वा सौमित्रिणा सह।रमस्व त्वं पितुर्वाक्यं तथोक्तमनुपालयन्।।।।

Transliteration

tatra gatvāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā saumitriṇā saha | ramasva tvaṃ pitur vākyaṃ tathoktam anupālayan ||

Translation

وہاں جا کر، سومِتری (لکشمن) کے ساتھ مل کر آشرم کی جگہ بنا، اور جیسا تیرے پتا کا حکم کہا گیا ہے ویسا ہی اس کی پوری پابندی کرتے ہوئے خوشی سے رہ۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्); 'having gone'

• āśrama-padam: a hermitage-site
• āśrama-padam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa; object of kṛtvā

• kṛtvā: having built
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा); 'having made/built'

• saumitriṇā: with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)
• saumitriṇā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saumitri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; postposition meaning 'together with' (governs instrumental)

• ramasva: enjoy/dwell happily
• ramasva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (रम्, धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (singular); Ātmanepada

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• pituḥ: of (your) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• vākyam: command/word
• vākyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of anupālayan (obeying)

• tathā-uktam: as spoken/so said
• tathā-uktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; avyayībhāva; ukta = past participle (क्त) from √vac (वच्); qualifies vākyam

• anupālayan: while obeying
• anupālayan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + √pāl (पाल्, धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with tvam; 'while obeying'

Context

Reaching there, you wikk build a hermitage with Lakshmana and enjoy your life given to the fulfilment of the pledge to the father.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī)
• Daśaratha (implied as 'father')
• āśrama (hermitage)

FAQs

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

Dharma here is obedience to a righteous parental command (pitṛ-vākya), carried out exactly as promised, without resentment.

What is the narrative situation?

Agastya advises Rāma to proceed to a suitable forest location, establish a hermitage with Lakṣmaṇa, and continue honoring Daśaratha’s instruction during exile.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s satya (truthfulness) and steadfastness in keeping vows—expressed as faithful adherence to his father’s word.