Shloka 46

पम्पा

तीर-वर्णनम् / Rama’s Lament at Pampa and the Approach to Rishyamuka

Devanagari script

वसन्तो यदि तत्रापि यत्र मे वसति प्रिया।नूनं परवशा सीता सापि शोचत्यहं यथा।।।।

Transliteration

vasanto yadi tatrāpi yatra me vasati priyā | nūnaṃ paravaśā sītā sāpi śocaty ahaṃ yathā ||

Translation

若春天也来到我所爱之人居住之处，那么必定西多在他人权势之下无可奈何，也如我一般在那儿哀伤。

Word by Word

• vasantaḥ: spring
• vasantaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional conjunction

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Place adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; additive particle

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (यत्र = where)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Ekavacana

• vasati: dwells
• vasati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present), Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana

• priyā: beloved (she)
• priyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: Certainty particle/adverb

• paravaśā: under another's control/helpless
• paravaśā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paravaśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate adjective of 'sītā'

• sītā: Sita
• sītā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; additive particle

• śocati: grieves
• śocati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śuc (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present), Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Upamāna/Karta (Standard of comparison/उपमान; also subject in implied clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Prathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; comparative particle (यथा = as/like)

Context

'If spring reigns wherever my beloved Sita is, she must have been overwhelmed with similar sad feelings like me.

Characters & Entities

• Sita
• Lakshmana
• spring

FAQs

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

Dharma is empathetic responsibility: Rama’s sorrow is inseparable from concern for Sita’s suffering under coercion, highlighting protection of the vulnerable.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama imagines Sita’s condition wherever she is held and wonders whether spring there would deepen her grief.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Karunā (compassion)—Rama centers Sita’s plight, not merely his own loss.