Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12, Shloka 35

युद्धकाण्डे द्वादशः सर्गः — रावणस्य परिषद्-सम्बोधनं कुम्भकर्णस्य नीत्युपदेशश्च

Ravana’s Council Address and Kumbhakarna’s Counsel

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वयासमारब्धंकर्मह्यप्रतिमंपरैः ।अहंसमीकरिष्यामिहत्वाशत्रूंस्तवानघ ।।6.12.35।।

Transliteration

tasmāt tvayā samārabdhaṃ karma hy apratimaṃ paraiḥ | ahaṃ samīkariṣyāmi hatvā śatrūṃs tavānagha || 6.12.35 ||

Translation

Therefore, since you have undertaken a deed unmatched by others, I will bring it to completion—slaying your enemies, O blameless one.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: Hetu-avyaya (ablative used adverbially): ‘therefore/from that’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana

• samārabdham: undertaken
• samārabdham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-rabh (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (PPP), Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of karma

• karma: task
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• apratimam: unequalled / not matchable
• apratimam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-pratima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of karma

• paraiḥ: by others
• paraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana; ‘by others’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana

• samīkariṣyāmi: will accomplish / will set right
• samīkariṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ī-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Periphrastic Future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund), avyaya; ‘having killed’

• śatrūn: enemies
• śatrūn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana

• ānagha: O sinless one
• ānagha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana

Context

"O Rakshasa! I will ruin the enemy. I will fight with both of them (Rama and Lakshmana) even if they are Indra and sun, fire god and wind god or Kubera and Varuna."

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarna
• Ravana
• Rama (implied enemy)

FAQs

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

A key Ramayana lesson is that loyalty divorced from dharma becomes destructive; prowess used to support unrighteous aims is ethically flawed.

What is the narrative situation?

Kumbhakarna pledges to complete Ravana’s war-aim by personally destroying the opposing side.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Valor and determination—though here directed toward an adharmic cause.