Valmiki Ramayana 2.83.9: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 83, Shloka 9

अयोध्याकाण्डे त्र्यशीति तमः सर्गः · Bharata’s Departure and Encampment on the Gaṅgā

Śṛṅgīberapura

Devanagari script

दृष्ट एव हि न श्शोकमपनेष्यति राघवः ।

तम स्सर्वस्य लोकस्य समुद्यन्निव भास्करः ॥९॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.83.9

Transliteration

dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokam apaneṣyati rāghavaḥ |

tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyann iva bhāskaraḥ ||9||

Translation

راغھو کو بس دیکھ لینا ہی غم کو دور کر دے گا؛ جیسے اُبھرتا ہوا سورج سارے جہان کی تاریکی مٹا دیتا ہے۔

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Word by Word

• dṛṣṭaḥ: seen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle used in locative-absolute-like sense with eva: 'when (he is) seen'; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with rāghavaḥ by poetic usage)
• Role: Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु)

• eva: alone, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle
• Role: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)

• hi: for, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic
• Role: Nipāta (निपात)

• naḥ: our
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी/6) or Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Plural; here: 'our'
• Role: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)

• śokam: sorrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• apaneṣyati: will remove
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa + nī (नी धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, simple future), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)

• rāghavaḥ: Rāghava (Rama)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)

• tamaḥ: darkness
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; object understood with (apaneṣyati) by simile
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• sarvasya: of the entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular; qualifies lokasya
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)

• lokasya: of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular
• Role: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)

• samudyan: rising
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-i (इ धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies bhāskaraḥ
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)

• iva: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle (उपमावाचक)
• Role: Upamā (उपमा)

• bhāskaraḥ: the sun
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; standard of comparison
• Role: Upamāna (उपमान)

Sandhi Notes

• शोकमपनेष्यति = śokam + apaneṣyati
• समुद्यन्निव = samudyan + iva

Context

At his sight alone our sorrows will be dispelled, the way the darkness of the entire world is dispelled by the rising Sun.

The teaching

The sight of the righteous (sat-darśana) itself becomes medicine: like sunrise, it dispels the darkness of grief and confusion.

Ethical theme

Satsaṅga/darśana (uplift through the noble)

Devotion and practice

Darśana-bhakti: cultivating the conviction that remembrance/vision of Rāma brings inner clarity and peace.

Deity praised

Rama

Form of praise

Stuti (a hymn of praise)

Mantra

"दृष्ट एव हि ... समुद्यन्निव भास्करः"

Mood and themes

Rasa

Shanta (peace), with Adbhuta (wonder)

Mood

Assured, clearing, uplifting

Themes

• Dharma
• Consolation
• Satya (trust in the righteous)
• Itihasa
• Ethics

Symbolism

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Sun (bhāskara)

FAQs

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

Faith in the power of righteousness: the presence of a truly dharmic person brings clarity and relief to others, paralleling how truth and virtue dispel despair and confusion.

What is the narrative situation?

Travelers comfort themselves with the belief that seeing Rāma will itself relieve their sorrow, using the metaphor of sunrise removing darkness.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s beneficent moral radiance—his dharmic integrity is portrayed as naturally uplifting and restorative to society.