Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 20

सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

स्वर्गेऽपि च विना वासो भविता यदि राघव।त्वया मम नरव्याघ्र नाहं तमपि रोचये।।।।

Transliteration

svarge 'pi ca vinā vāso bhavitā yadi rāghava |

tvayā mama naravyāghra nāhaṃ tam api rocaye ||

Translation

罗伽婆啊，人中之虎，若使我即便住在天界却离你而居，我连那天界也不愿求。

Word by Word

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even/also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• विना: without
• विना: Apādāna/Separation (अपादान/वियोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: वियोगार्थक-अव्यय (without), उपपद-योगे तृतीया अपेक्षा

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘will be’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional ‘if’)

• राघव: O Rāghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• त्वया: without you
• त्वया: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; governed by विना (sense: without you)

• मम: for me/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नरव्याघ्र: O best of men
• नरव्याघ्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः: नर-व्याघ्र (कर्मधारय) ‘tiger among men’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तम्: that (dwelling)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even/also)

• रोचये: I like/approve
• रोचये: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘I like/approve’

Context

O Raghava, tiger among men, if I were given heaven to live in without you, even that I shall not covet.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Heaven (svarga)

FAQs

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

Dharma ranks relationships and duty above comfort: righteous attachment to one’s rightful companion outweighs even celestial enjoyment.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā rejects the very idea of being kept safe or honored elsewhere if it means separation from Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty and integrity of love—she refuses benefits that contradict her chosen dharma.