Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 18

सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

अभिषेकं करिष्यामि तासु नित्यं यतव्रता।सह त्वया विशालाक्ष रंस्ये परमनन्दिनी ।।।।

Transliteration

abhiṣekaṃ kariṣyāmi tāsu nityaṃ yatavratā |

saha tvayā viśālākṣa raṃsye paramanandinī ||

Translation

守持誓戒，我将日日在那些莲池中沐浴；与你同在，广目之人啊，我将嬉游其间，充满至上的欢喜。

Word by Word

• अभिषेकम्: bathing/ablution
• अभिषेकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I will do/perform
• करिष्यामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तासु: in those (ponds)
• तासु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• नित्यम्: daily/always
• नित्यम्: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यतव्रता: observing vows
• यतव्रता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of speaker); समासः: यत-व्रत = ‘restrained in vows’ (तत्पुरुष)

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Saha (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विशालाक्ष: O large-eyed one
• विशालाक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; समासः: विशाल-अक्षि (बहुव्रीहि) ‘one whose eyes are large’

• रंस्ये: I will sport/enjoy
• रंस्ये: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• परमनन्दिनी: supremely joyful
• परमनन्दिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of speaker); समासः: परम-नन्दिनी (कर्मधारय) ‘supremely delighted’

Context

Thus living in your company for a thousand years or even a hundred thousand years, I shall not feel the passing of time. I shall not desire even heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma
• Lotus-ponds (implicit from prior verse)

FAQs

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

Joy disciplined by vows: Dharma is not mere hardship, but regulated living (vrata) that sustains purity, devotion, and harmony.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā describes how she will live with discipline in the forest and still find fulfillment with Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Self-restraint (saṃyama) combined with affectionate devotion—she pairs austerity with committed companionship.