{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":24,"title":"Sītā claims a share in the exile","sentence":"She insists that a wife shares her husband’s fate and chooses forest hardship with Rāma over comfort without him","portion":"Sītā insists on joining Rāma","sequence":[[{"steps":["Sītā objects that a wife shares her husband's fortune, so the exile applies to her too (24.1–4)"],"from":1,"to":4,"sarga":24},{"steps":["she offers to walk ahead and clear thorns from his path, saying that life beside him is better than palace comforts (24.5–7)"],"from":5,"to":7,"sarga":24},{"steps":["she reminds him that her parents have already taught her her responsibilities and says she can live happily in the forest while caring for him (24.8–10)"],"from":8,"to":10,"sarga":24},{"steps":["she promises to eat roots and fruit without becoming a burden, and looks forward to seeing rivers, mountains, and woods under his protection (24.11–13)"],"from":11,"to":13,"sarga":24},{"steps":["she says even heaven would not please her without him (24.14–16)"],"from":14,"to":16,"sarga":24},{"steps":["she declares that she is prepared to die rather than be separated from him","Rāma remains reluctant and begins explaining the dangers of forest life (24.17–19)."],"from":17,"to":19,"sarga":24}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"2.024.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evam uktā tu vaidehī priyārhā priyavādinī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"praṇayād eva saṃkruddhā bhartāram idam abravīt","q":null}],"tr":"Thus addressed, the princess of Videha, worthy of love and sweet of speech, angered out of very love, said this to her husband:","w":[["evam uktā tu","but thus addressed"],["vaidehī","the princess of Videha"],["priyārhā","worthy of love","",[["priya","love, dear"],["arha","worthy of"]]],["priyavādinī","sweet of speech","",[["priya","sweet, dear"],["vādin","speaking"]]],["praṇayād eva","out of very love","praṇayāt eva"],["saṃkruddhā","angered"],["bhartāram","to her husband"],["idam abravīt","said this"]]},{"v":2,"ref":"2.024.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"āryaputra pitā mātā bhrātā putras tathā snuṣā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"svāni puṇyāni bhuñjānāḥ svaṃ svaṃ bhāgyam upāsate","q":null}],"tr":"Noble husband, father, mother, brother, son, and daughter-in-law—each enjoying their own merits—partake of their own several portion of fortune.","w":[["āryaputra","O noble husband","",[["ārya","noble"],["putra","son"]]],["pitā","father"],["mātā","mother"],["bhrātā","brother"],["putras tathā","and son","putraḥ tathā"],["snuṣā","daughter-in-law"],["svāni puṇyāni","their own merits"],["bhuñjānāḥ","enjoying"],["svaṃ svaṃ","each his own"],["bhāgyam","portion, fortune"],["upāsate","they partake of, attend upon"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"2.024.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bhartur bhāgyaṃ tu bhāryaikā prāpnoti puruṣarṣabha","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ataś caivāham ādiṣṭā vane vastavyam ity api","q":null}],"tr":"But the wife alone obtains the fortune of her husband, O bull among men; 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there is no fault in me.","w":[["īrṣyā roṣau","jealousy and anger"],["bahiṣkṛtya","having cast out"],["bhuktaśeṣam","the remnant of a meal","bhuktaśeṣam",[["bhukta","consumed, eaten"],["śeṣa","remainder"]]],["ivodakam","like water","iva udakam"],["naya māṃ","lead me"],["vīra","O hero"],["viśrabdhaḥ","confident, trusting"],["pāpaṃ","sin, fault"],["mayi","in me"],["na vidyate","there is not"]]},{"v":7,"ref":"2.024.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"prāsādāgrair vimānair vā vaihāyasagatena vā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sarvāvasthāgatā bhartuḥ pādacchāyā viśiṣyate","q":null}],"tr":"Better than palace-terraces, aerial cars, or flight through the sky, is the shade of a husband's feet, which attends one in every condition.","w":[["prāsādāgrair","by palace-terraces","prāsādāgraiḥ",[["prāsāda","palace"],["agra","top, summit"]]],["vimānair vā","or by aerial cars","vimānaiḥ vā"],["vaihāyasagatena vā","or by travel through the air","",[["vaihāyasa","aerial, of the sky"],["gata","going, travel"]]],["sarvāvasthāgatā","attending in every condition","sarva-avasthā-gatā",[["sarva","all"],["avasthā","state, condition"],["gata","gone, present"]]],["bhartuḥ","of the husband"],["pādacchāyā","the shade of the feet","",[["pāda","foot"],["chāyā","shade, shadow"]]],["viśiṣyate","is superior, preferable"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.024.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"anuśiṣṭāsmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"nāsmi saṃprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā","q":null}],"tr":"I have been instructed by my mother and my father in various matters; I need not now be told how I ought to conduct myself.","w":[["anuśiṣṭāsmi","I have been instructed","anuśiṣṭā asmi"],["mātrā ca","by my mother"],["pitrā ca","and by my father"],["vividhāśrayam","on various grounds","vividha-āśrayam",[["vividha","various"],["āśraya","ground, basis"]]],["nāsmi","I am not","na asmi"],["saṃprati","now"],["vaktavyā","to be told"],["vartitavyaṃ","how to conduct oneself"],["yathā mayā","as by me"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.024.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sukhaṃ vane nivatsyāmi yathaiva bhavane pituḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"acintayantī trīṃl lokāṃś cintayantī pativratam","q":null}],"tr":"I shall dwell happily in the forest, just as in my father's house, giving no thought to the three worlds, thinking only of devotion to my husband.","w":[["sukhaṃ","happily"],["vane","in the forest"],["nivatsyāmi","I shall dwell"],["yathaiva","just as","yathā eva"],["bhavane pituḥ","in my father's house"],["acintayantī","not thinking of"],["trīṃl lokāṃś","the three worlds","trīn lokān"],["cintayantī","thinking of"],["pativratam","devotion to my husband","",[["pati","husband"],["vrata","vow, devotion"]]]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.024.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"śuśrūṣamāṇā te nityaṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"saha raṃsye tvayā vīra vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu","q":null}],"tr":"Ever serving you, restrained and living chastely, I shall take delight with you, O hero, in the forests fragrant with honey.","w":[["śuśrūṣamāṇā","serving, obeying"],["te","you"],["nityaṃ","always"],["niyatā","restrained, self-controlled"],["brahmacāriṇī","living chastely","",[["brahma","chastity, sacred study"],["cārin","practicing"]]],["saha raṃsye","I shall delight together"],["tvayā","with you"],["vīra","O hero"],["vaneṣu","in the forests"],["madhugandhiṣu","fragrant with honey","",[["madhu","honey"],["gandhi","fragrant"]]]]},{"v":11,"ref":"2.024.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tvaṃ hi kartuṃ vane śakto rāma saṃparipālanam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"anyasya pai janasyeha kiṃ punar mama mānada","q":null}],"tr":"For you, Rāma, are able in the forest to protect even another person here—how much more me, O bestower of honor?","w":[["tvaṃ hi","for you"],["kartuṃ","to give, do"],["vane","in the forest"],["śakto","able","śaktaḥ"],["rāma","O Rāma"],["saṃparipālanam","complete protection"],["anyasya","of another"],["pai","even (emphatic particle)","api"],["janasyeha","of a person here","janasya iha"],["kiṃ punar","how much more","kiṃ punaḥ"],["mama","me, mine"],["mānada","O bestower of honor","",[["māna","honor, respect"],["da","giving"]]]]},{"v":12,"ref":"2.024.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"phalamūlāśanā nityaṃ bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"na te duḥkhaṃ kariṣyāmi nivasantī saha tvayā","q":null}],"tr":"I shall always live on fruits and roots—no doubt of it; I shall cause you no trouble while dwelling with you.","w":[["phalamūlāśanā","eating fruits and roots","",[["phala","fruit"],["mūla","root"],["aśana","food, eating"]]],["nityaṃ","always"],["bhaviṣyāmi","I shall be"],["na saṃśayaḥ","no doubt"],["na te duḥkhaṃ kariṣyāmi","I shall cause you no sorrow"],["nivasantī","dwelling"],["saha tvayā","with you"]]},{"v":13,"ref":"2.024.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"icchāmi saritaḥ śailān palvalāni vanāni ca","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"draṣṭuṃ sarvatra nirbhītā tvayā nāthena dhīmatā","q":null}],"tr":"I wish to see the rivers, the mountains, the pools, and the forests, fearless everywhere with you, my wise protector.","w":[["icchāmi","I wish"],["saritaḥ","the rivers"],["śailān","the mountains"],["palvalāni","the pools"],["vanāni ca","and the forests"],["draṣṭuṃ","to see"],["sarvatra","everywhere"],["nirbhītā","fearless"],["tvayā nāthena","with you as protector"],["dhīmatā","wise"]]},{"v":14,"ref":"2.024.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ padminīḥ sādhupuṣpitāḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"iccheyaṃ sukhinī draṣṭuṃ tvayā vīreṇa saṃgatā","q":null}],"tr":"Happy and in company with you, my hero, I would wish to see the lotus-ponds strewn with swans and kāraṇḍava-ducks, in fair bloom.","w":[["haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ","strewn with swans and kāraṇḍava-ducks","haṃsakāraṇḍava-ākīrṇāḥ",[["haṃsa","swan"],["kāraṇḍava","a kind of duck"],["ākīrṇa","strewn, covered"]]],["padminīḥ","the lotus-ponds"],["sādhupuṣpitāḥ","in fair bloom","",[["sādhu","well, fair"],["puṣpita","in flower"]]],["iccheyaṃ","I would wish"],["sukhinī","happy"],["draṣṭuṃ","to see"],["tvayā vīreṇa","with you, the hero"],["saṃgatā","joined, in company"]]},{"v":15,"ref":"2.024.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"saha tvayā viśālākṣa raṃsye paramanandinī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ vāhaṃ tvayā saha","q":null}],"tr":"With you, O large-eyed one, I shall delight, supremely joyful; 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