Shloka 22

पञ्चवटी-निर्देशः

Agastya Directs Rama to Panchavati

Devanagari script

भवानपि सदारश्च शक्तश्च परिरक्षणे।अपि चात्र वसन्राम तापसान्पालयिष्यसि।।।।

Transliteration

bhavān api sadāraś ca śaktaś ca parirakṣaṇe | api cātra vasan rāma tāpasān pālayiṣyasi ||

Translation

Còn ngài, cùng với hiền thê, cũng đủ năng lực để che chở. Sống tại đây, hỡi Rāma, ngài cũng sẽ hộ trì các vị khổ hạnh.

Word by Word

• bhavān: you (hon.)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (honorific); Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle 'also/even'

• sa-dāraḥ: with (your) wife
• sa-dāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; avyayībhāva; 'together with wife'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• śaktaḥ: able
• śaktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; past participle (क्त) from √śak (शक्) 'able'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• parirakṣaṇe: in protecting
• parirakṣaṇe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari + √rakṣ (रक्ष्, धातु)
• Form: Action noun (ल्युट्/अने), Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in/for protection'

• api: and also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• atra: here/there
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place

• vasan: while living
• vasan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस्, धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with bhavān; 'while dwelling'

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• tāpasān: ascetics
• tāpasān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• pālayiṣyasi: you will protect
• pālayiṣyasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pāl (पाल्, धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ (लृट्, simple future), Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

Context

O Rama, while staying with your wife, you will look after the ascetics living there sinceyou are capable of giving protection.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• tāpasas (ascetics)

FAQs

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

Kṣātra-dharma: the righteous duty of a protector-king is to defend the innocent—especially ascetics devoted to spiritual discipline.

What is the narrative situation?

Agastya links Rāma’s residence in the forest to a purpose beyond survival: protecting the sages who live there.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s protective strength guided by righteousness—power used as service to dharma, not for domination.