Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 12 Shloka 97 - Valmiki Ramayana | Chinese | Vedapath

Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 97

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

Ayodhya Kanda 12

Devanagari script

कथं रथैर्विभुर्यात्वा गजाश्वैश्च मुहुर्मुहुः।।।।पद्भ्यां रामो महारण्ये वत्सो मे विचरिष्यति।

Transliteration

kathaṃ rathair vibhur yātvā gajāśvaiś ca muhur muhuḥ, padbhyāṃ rāmo mahāraṇye vatso me vicariṣyati.

Translation

我的爱子罗摩，素来屡屡乘坐战车、骑象与骏马，享受王者威仪；他怎能在广袤荒林中徒步徘徊？

Word by Word

कथम्how

रथैःby chariots

विभुःthe prince/lord

यात्वाhaving gone (riding)

गजाश्वैःby elephants and horses

चand

मुहुःagain and again

मुहुःrepeatedly

पद्भ्याम्on foot (with the feet)

रामःRama

महारण्येin the great forest

वत्सःmy dear son

मेmy

विचरिष्यतिwill roam

Context

How will my son, Rama, who used to ride on chariots, elephants and horses roam the wilderness barefoot?

Characters & Entities

Daśaratha

Kaikeyī

Rāma

Chariot

Elephants

Horses

Great forest (mahāraṇya)

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

Dharma is inseparable from compassion: a righteous order should not impose needless suffering on the innocent, especially the worthy.

What is the narrative situation?

Daśaratha imagines the physical hardship awaiting Rāma in exile and grieves over the reversal of his son’s royal life.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Daśaratha’s parental love and protective instinct, which also reflects the king’s duty to safeguard the deserving.