Shloka 10

सीताप्रत्याख्यानम् / Rama’s Post-Victory Address to Sītā

Public Opinion and Royal Duty

Devanagari script

इत्येवंवदत्श्रुत्वासीतारामस्यतद्वचः ।मृगीवोत्फुल्लनयनाबभूवाश्रुपरिप्लुता ।।6.118.10।।

Transliteration

ity evaṃ vadat śrutvā sītā rāmasya tad vacaḥ | mṛgīva utphulla-nayanā babhūvāśru-pariplutā ||

Translation

悉多听见罗摩如此言说，双眸如雌鹿般圆睁，泪水盈满，潸然溢出。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakya-parisamapti (वाक्यपरिसमाप्ति/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (उद्धरणसूचक)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• वदतः: of (him) speaking
• वदतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of (him) speaking’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having heard’

• सीता: Sita
• सीता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma-pradhana-visheshana (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); determiner of वचः

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• मृगी: a doe
• मृगी: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used in simile with इव

• इव: like
• इव: Upama-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: Simile particle (उपमावाचक)

• उत्फुल्लनयना: with wide-open eyes
• उत्फुल्लनयना: Karta-pradhana-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्फुल्ल + नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: ‘utphulla’(wide-open) qualifying ‘nayanā’(eyes)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• अश्रुपरिप्लुता: flooded with tears
• अश्रुपरिप्लुता: Karta-pradhana-visheshana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रु + परिप्लुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘with tears’ + ‘flooded’

Context

Sita's broad eyes which were like that of female deer were filled with tears on hearing the words of Rama.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

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

Dharma includes steadfastness under suffering: Sītā’s tears mark pain, yet the narrative frames her as enduring a moral ordeal without abandoning truth.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma’s public words wound Sītā; her immediate response is visible grief.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s sensitivity joined with endurance—an emotional truthfulness within a larger commitment to satya.