Shloka 65

वाली–रामसंवादः

Rama’s Justification to Vali on Rājadharma

Devanagari script

त्यज शोकं च मोहं च भयं च हृदये स्थितम्।त्वया विधानं हर्यग्र्य न शक्यमतिवर्तितुम्।।

Transliteration

tyaja śokaṃ ca mohaṃ ca bhayaṃ ca hṛdaye sthitam |

tvayā vidhānaṃ haryagrya na śakyam ativartitum ||

Translation

舍弃你心中盘踞的忧伤、迷惑与恐惧吧，噫，群猴之最胜者；因为所命所定，非你所能逾越。

Word by Word

• tyaja: abandon
• tyaja: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• śokam: sorrow
• śokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• moham: delusion
• moham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• sthitam: remaining/settled
• sthitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying) भयम्

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartṛ (कर्ता) / Agent (by you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया? नहीं; तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• vidhānam: fate/ordinance
• vidhānam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular); अत्र प्रथमा (subject of śakyam)

• haryagrya: O best of monkeys
• haryagrya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari + agrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (harīṇām agryaḥ = best among monkeys)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• śakyam: possible
• śakyam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/impersonal predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śak (धातु) + ya (य)
• Form: शक्-धातोः यत्/य-प्रत्ययान्त (potential/passive adjectival), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विधानेन सह 'not possible'

• ativartitum: to overstep
• ativartitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati + √vṛt (वृत् धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), उपसर्गः ati-; अर्थः 'to transgress/overstep'

Context

'O best of monkeys! remove sorrow from your heart, delusion and fear. It is not possible for you to transgress fate.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vāli

FAQs

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

Inner dharma: one must meet the consequences of action with mental steadiness—releasing fear and delusion—recognizing the binding force of ordained moral order.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma urges the dying Vāli to relinquish emotional turmoil and accept the inevitable outcome as part of what is ordained.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Courageous acceptance and clarity—freedom from fear and delusion at the moment of consequence.