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Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 67

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

Ayodhya Kanda 12

Devanagari script

किं मां वक्ष्यति कौशल्या राघवे वनमास्थिते।।।।किं चैनां प्रतिवक्ष्यामि कृत्वा विप्रियमीदृशम्।

Transliteration

kiṃ māṃ vakṣyati kauśalyā rāghave vanam āsthite?

kiṃ caināṃ prativakṣyāmi kṛtvā vipriyam īdṛśam?

Translation

若罗伽婆去林中居住，憍萨利耶将对我说什么？而我既犯下如此沉重的过错，又能如何回答她？

Word by Word
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; interrogative ‘what’ (here: what?)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular ‘me/about me’
वक्ष्यतिwill say
वक्ष्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Future ‘will say’
कौशल्याKausalya
कौशल्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौशल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
राघवेwhen Rama
राघवे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootराघव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular ‘when/with regard to Rama’
वनम्to the forest
वनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
आस्थितेhaving gone/entered
आस्थिते:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative absolute with राघवे: ‘when Rama has gone/entered’
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; interrogative
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एनाम्to her
एनाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular ‘her’
प्रतिवक्ष्यामिwill reply
प्रतिवक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति + वच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Future ‘I will reply’
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप (gerund); ‘having done’
विप्रियम्an unpleasant act
विप्रियम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular ‘an unpleasant thing’
ईदृशम्such
ईदृशम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with विप्रियम्
Context

If Rama takes refuge in the forest, what will Kausalya say to me? Having committed such an unpleasant act, what reply can I give her?

Characters & Entities
K
Kauśalyā
R
Rāghava (Rāma)
F
forest (vana)

FAQs

The verse foregrounds accountability in dharma: a king and husband must answer to those harmed by his decisions. Daśaratha recognizes that causing Rāma’s exile violates familial and royal responsibility, and that wrongdoing demands moral reckoning.

Daśaratha, bound by Kaikeyī’s demanded boons, foresees Rāma being sent to the forest and laments the inevitable confrontation with Kauśalyā, Rāma’s mother.

Conscience and moral sensitivity: Daśaratha’s inner anguish shows an awareness of right and wrong and the shame of failing those who deserve protection.

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