Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 35

द्वादशः सर्गः — Kaikeyi’s Boons and Dasaratha’s Moral Collapse

Ayodhya Kanda 12

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां सागरान्तायां यत्किञ्चिदधिगम्यते।तत्सर्वं तव दास्यामि मा च त्वां मन्युराविशेत्।।।।

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ yat kiñcid adhigamyate |

tat sarvaṃ tava dāsyāmi mā ca tvāṃ manyur āviśet ||

Translation

在这被大海环绕的大地上，凡可获得之物，我都将尽数奉与你；愿忿怒莫入你心。

Word by Word

• pṛthivyām: on the earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/अधिकरण), Ekavacana (sg.)

• sāgara-antāyām: bounded by the ocean
• sāgara-antāyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa: 'sāgaraḥ antaḥ yasyāḥ' (bounded by ocean) used adjectivally for pṛthivī

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (relative pronoun), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom/Acc) Ekavacana; correlates with 'tat'

• kiñcit: anything at all
• kiñcit: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Indefinite pronoun (kim + cit), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā Ekavacana

• adhigamyate: is obtained
• adhigamyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi + √gam (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present/वर्तमान), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (sg.), Ātmanepada; karmavācya sense 'is obtained/secured'

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (demonstrative), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative), Ekavacana (sg.)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative), Ekavacana (sg.); qualifying tat

• tava: to you
• tava: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Caturthī vibhakti (Dative/सम्प्रदान), Ekavacana (sg.)

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• dāsyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ lakāra (Periphrastic future/परस्मैपदी भविष्यत्), Uttama puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (sg.), Parasmaipada

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha-avyaya used with optative/imperative (prohibitive/मा)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/कर्म), Ekavacana (sg.)

• manyuḥ: anger
• manyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/कर्ता), Ekavacana (sg.)

• āviśet: may enter/possess
• āviśet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √viś (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्) used with mā (prohibitive), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (sg.), Parasmaipada

Context

I shall give you all that can be secured on this earth bounded by the ocean. Show no anger.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Kaikeyī
• pṛthivī (earth)
• sāgara (ocean)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the destructive power of anger and the king’s attempt to restore harmony through restraint and conciliation.

What is the narrative situation?

Daśaratha tries to pacify Kaikeyī by offering material wealth and sovereignty, hoping she will abandon her harsh insistence.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Daśaratha’s willingness to sacrifice possessions for peace—though it also shows the limits of material solutions in a dharma-crisis.