Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 102, Shloka 46

लक्ष्मण-प्राणरक्षा:

Lakshmana’s Revival by the Herb-Mountain

Devanagari script

नैराश्यमुपगन्तुं च नालंतेमत्कृतेऽनघ ।।।।वधेनरावणस्याद्यप्रतिज्ञामनुपालय ।

Transliteration

nairāśyam upagantuṃ ca nālaṃ te matkṛte 'nagha |

vadhena rāvaṇasyādya pratijñām anupālaya ||

Translation

无垢者啊，不当因我而陷入绝望。今日诛杀罗波那，以成就你的誓愿。

Word by Word

• nairāśyam: despair
• nairāśyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nairāśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• upagantum: to go to/enter (despair)
• upagantum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√gam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

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

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

• alam: proper/fit
• alam: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (enough/fit); नालम् = not proper

• te: for you/of you
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• matkṛte: for my sake
• matkṛte: Hetu/Nimitta (हेतु/निमित्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मम कृते (for my sake)

• anagha: O sinless one
• anagha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• vadhena: by the killing
• vadhena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), एकवचन

• rāvaṇasya: of Ravana
• rāvaṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (today/now)

• pratijñām: vow
• pratijñām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratijñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anupālaya: fulfil/keep
• anupālaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√pāl (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Context

'My heroism is shy, my bow slips from my hand, arrows are dropping, my vision is blurred with tears with my brother gone.'

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāvaṇa
• pratijñā (vow)

FAQs

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

A leader must not abandon righteous duty due to personal sorrow; dharma requires steadiness, and satya requires completing what was vowed.

What is the narrative situation?

An ally urges Rāma not to despair and to complete the central war-duty: the destruction of Rāvaṇa.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Fortitude (dhṛti): the ability to rise above grief and act according to pledged duty.