Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 102, Shloka 11

लक्ष्मण-प्राणरक्षा:

Lakshmana’s Revival by the Herb-Mountain

Devanagari script

विजयोऽपिहिमेशूर न प्रियायोपकल्पते ।अचक्षुर्विषयश्चन्द्रःकांप्रीतिंजनयिष्यति ।।।।

Transliteration

vijayo 'pi hi me śūra na priyāyopakalpate | acakṣurviṣayaś candraḥ kāṃ prītiṃ janayiṣyati ||

Translation

勇士啊，即便胜利也不能使我欢喜。对一个目不能及的人，明月又能生出何等喜悦？

Word by Word

• vijayaḥ: victory
• vijayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), concessive/emphatic

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Discourse particle (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• me: for me / my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• śūra: O hero
• śūra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Negator (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• priyāya: for delight/for what is dear
• priyāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); purpose/beneficiary

• upakalpate: is of use / brings about
• upakalpate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa√kḷp (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• acakṣuḥ: of a blind man
• acakṣuḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); privative (नञ्) adjective meaning 'without sight'

• viṣayaḥ: object/sphere
• viṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• candraḥ: the moon
• candraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• kām: what (kind of)
• kām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative pronoun (प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• prītim: joy/pleasure
• prītim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• janayiṣyati: will produce
• janayiṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Causative (णिच्)

Context

'O Hero! Even victory for me will not give joy. What pleasure will one have if he desires to see the moon when he has lost vision?'

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Suṣeṇa
• candra (moon)
• vijaya (victory)

FAQs

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

Ends do not justify themselves apart from dharma and relationship: Rama rejects hollow triumph when it is severed from love, duty, and the wellbeing of the righteous.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama addresses Suṣeṇa after Lakṣmaṇa is struck, expressing that conquest is meaningless if Lakṣmaṇa is lost.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty and gratitude—valuing persons over outcomes.