Shloka 30

सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः

Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove

Devanagari script

अशोकवनिकामध्ये मैथिली नीयतामियम्।तत्रेयं रक्ष्यतां गूढं युष्माभिः परिवारिता।।।।

Transliteration

aśokavanikāmadhye maithilī nīyatām iyam |

tatra iyaṃ rakṣyatāṃ gūḍhaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ parivāritā ||

Translation

اس میتھلی (سیتا) کو اشوک واٹیکا کے بیچ لے جاؤ۔ وہاں اسے نہایت پوشیدگی سے سخت پہرے میں رکھو، تم سب اس کے گرد حلقہ باندھ کر اسے گھیرے رہو۔

Word by Word

• अशोकवनिकामध्ये: in the middle of the Aśoka grove
• अशोकवनिकामध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśoka+vanikā+madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अशोकवनिकायाः मध्ये)

• मैथिली: Maithilī (Sītā)
• मैथिली: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maithilī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नीयताम्: let (her) be taken
• नीयताम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); 'let her be led'

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb)

• इयम्: she
• इयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रक्ष्यताम्: let (her) be guarded
• रक्ष्यताम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); 'let her be guarded'

• गूढम्: secretly
• गूढम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण द्वितीया एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• युष्माभिः: by you (all)
• युष्माभिः: Karaṇa/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• परिवारिता: surrounded
• परिवारिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari+vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इयम् इति विशेषणम्

Context

The long-armed, large-eyed Rama is famous in all the three worlds. He is my husband, a righteous soul and a god to all.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Sītā (Maithilī)
• Aśoka-vanikā (Aśoka grove)
• rākṣasīs (demonesses)

FAQs

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

The verse presents adharma structurally: secrecy and unlawful confinement oppose satya (truth) and dharma (right order), showing how wrongdoing depends on concealment.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa commands that Sītā be moved to the Aśoka grove and kept under hidden guard by demonesses.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s purity and steadfastness are implied: despite surveillance and isolation, her commitment to dharma and truth remains unbroken.