Shloka 53

Instruction to Śatrughna and the Mobilization for Rāma’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

शरासनविनिर्मुक्त वत्सदंतैः शिखाशितैः

Transliteration

śarāsanavinirmukta vatsadaṃtaiḥ śikhāśitaiḥ

Translation

أُطلقت السهام من الأقواس، وكانت رؤوسها مُسنَّنةً بأسنان العجل ومشحذةً حتى غدت مدبَّبة.

Word by Word

• शरासन-विनिर्मुक्त: shot/released from the bow
• शरासन-विनिर्मुक्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण) (of implied noun, e.g., बाणाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरासन + विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; विनिर्मुक्त = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √मुच् (धातु) with vi+nir prefixes)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (context-dependent; likely qualifying 'शराः/बाणाः' understood); past participle: 'released from the bow'

• वत्स-दन्तैः: with (sharp) teeth like a calf’s
• वत्स-दन्तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण) (descriptive instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स + दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; 'with calf-teeth' (i.e., teeth-like/young-sharp teeth; epithet of arrows/points in poetic usage)

• शिखा-आशितैः: sharpened at the tips
• शिखा-आशितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण) (instrumental agreeing with implied noun)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिखा + आशित (प्रातिपदिक; आशित = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √अश् (धातु) 'to eat', in sense 'sharpened/bitten' in poetic usage)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; qualifying the same implied plural (e.g., बाणैः): 'sharpened at the tip/crest (शिखा)'

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context not provided in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: शिखाशितैः = शिखा + आशितैः.

FAQs

What is being described in this verse?

It describes arrows being shot from bows, specifically noting their tips (made with calf-teeth) and that they are sharpened to a point.

Does this verse teach a Bhakti or philosophical doctrine directly?

Not directly in isolation; it is primarily a descriptive, narrative line about weaponry. Any theological or ethical lesson depends on the surrounding story context.

Who is speaking in this shloka?

The excerpt does not include the surrounding dialogue, so the speaker cannot be identified reliably without additional verses from Adhyaya 10.