Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.32: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 32

सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः

Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest

Devanagari script

एष धर्मस्तु सुश्रोणि पितुर्मातुश्च वश्यता।अतश्च तं व्यतिक्रम्य नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे।।2.30.32।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.30.32

Transliteration

eṣa dharmas tu suśroṇi pitur mātuś ca vaśyatā | ataś ca taṃ vyatikramya nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe || 2.30.32 ||

Translation

这确是正法，善腰者：顺从父母。故若违越此道，我将无心再活。

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Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Visheshaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (dharmaḥ)

• धर्मः: dharma
• धर्मः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed/but)

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped one
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सुश्रोणिः)

• पितुः: of father
• पितुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मातुः: of mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• वश्यता: obedience
• वश्यता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भाववाचक (state of obedience)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/from that)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; refers to धर्मम्/वश्यताम्

• व्यतिक्रम्य: having transgressed
• व्यतिक्रम्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अति-√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); ‘having transgressed’

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

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

• जीवितुम्: to live
• जीवितुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (Infinitive); ‘to live’

• उत्सहे: I dare/undertake
• उत्सहे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√सह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; न-निषेधेन सह ‘I do not dare’

Context

Obedience to parents is a righteous act. Therefore, O one with fair hips! I cannot live and disobey the word of truth.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Dharma
• Satya
• Father (Daśaratha, implied)
• Mother (Kausalyā, implied)

FAQs

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

Obedience to parents is explicitly defined as dharma; violating it is portrayed as morally unbearable—worse than death.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma concludes his justification: he must uphold the parental command and truth, even at the cost of exile.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Uncompromising integrity—Rāma treats dharma and satya as life-defining commitments.