Valmiki Ramayana 6.116.34 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 116, Shloka 34

सीतासान्त्वनम् / Hanuman Consoles Sita with the News of Victory

Devanagari script

विकृताविकृताकाराःक्रूराःक्रूरकचेक्षणाः ।।6.116.33।।इच्छामिविविधैराघतैर्हन्तुमेतास्सुदारुणाः ।राक्षस्योदारुणकथावरमेतत्प्रयच्छमे ।।6.116.34।।

Transliteration

icchāmi vividhair āghātair hantum etāḥ sudāruṇāḥ | rākṣasyo dāruṇakathā varam etat prayaccha me ||6.116.34||

Translation

I wish to strike down these utterly dreadful rākṣasīs with blows of many kinds; their brutality is beyond telling. Grant me this boon—permit it.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• प्रहारैः: with blows
• प्रहारैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (प्रहारैः)

• सम्प्रहार्य: having struck repeatedly
• सम्प्रहार्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया: 'having struck thoroughly'

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious one
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• घातये: have (them) killed / cause to be slain
• घातये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (धातु; णिच् causative of हन्/घात)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative/causing to be killed)

• तीव्ररूपाभिः: by (those) of fierce form
• तीव्ररूपाभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तीव्र-रूप (तत्पुरुष: 'of fierce form'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (याभिः)

• याभिः: by whom
• याभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तर्जिता: threatened
• तर्जिता: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक

Context

"I wish to kill by all kinds of strokes, these cruel distorted forms of Rakshasas having terrible hair and fierce eyes and not to mention their violence. Permit me."

Characters & Entities

• Hanuman
• Sita
• Rākṣasī (female rākṣasas)

FAQs

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

Even righteous anger seeks legitimacy: Hanuman asks for permission, implying that force should be exercised within moral and relational boundaries, not as uncontrolled vengeance.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanuman requests Sita’s consent to punish the rākṣasīs who threatened and abused her.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanuman’s devotion and sense of duty—he frames retaliation as a requested, accountable act rather than a personal impulse.