Shloka 14

रामक्रोधवर्णनम्

Lakshmana’s Counsel to the Enraged Rama

Devanagari script

देवगन्धर्वलोकांश्च विचेष्यामस्समाहिताः।।।।यावन्नाधिगमिष्यामस्तव भार्यापहारिणम्।

Transliteration

deva-gandharva-lokāṃś ca viceṣyāmas samāhitāḥ |

yāvan nādhigamiṣyāmas tava bhāryāpahāriṇam ||

Translation

ہم یکسو اور ثابت قدم ہو کر دیوتاؤں اور گندھرووں کے لوکوں تک کو چھان ماریں گے—جب تک تمہاری بھاریا کے اغوا کرنے والے کو پا نہ لیں۔

Word by Word

• deva-gandharva-lokān: worlds of gods and gandharvas
• deva-gandharva-lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां गन्धर्वाणां लोकाः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• viceṣyāmaḥ: we will search
• viceṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√ci (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• samāhitāḥ: focused/steadfast
• samāhitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; 'we' (implicit) as subject-qualifier: collected/intent

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/so long as)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• adhigamiṣyāmaḥ: we will find/attain
• adhigamiṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• bhāryā-apahāriṇam: abductor of (your) wife
• bhāryā-apahāriṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + apahārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भार्यायाः अपहारी)

Context

We will search relentlessly for the abductor of your wife everywhere including the world of gods and gandharvas till we find her.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Righteous commitment is unwavering: dharma is upheld through focused perseverance and truthful resolve to pursue justice until the wrong is confronted.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakṣmaṇa pledges an exhaustive search, extending beyond human spaces into divine realms, until the abductor is found.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Steadfast loyalty and disciplined determination (samādhāna/samāhita-bhāva) in service of dharma.