Valmiki Ramayana 1.46.2: Bala Kanda, Sarga 46, Shloka 2

दितितपः-शक्रपरिचर्या-गर्भभेदः

Diti’s Penance, Indra’s Service, and the Severing of the Embryo

Devanagari script

हतपुत्राऽस्मि भगवंस्तव पुत्रैर्महाबलै:।शक्रहन्तारमिच्छामि पुत्रं दीर्घतपोऽर्जितम्।।1.46.2।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 1.46.2

Transliteration

hata-putrā'smi bhagavaṃs tava putrair mahābalaiḥ | śakra-hantāram icchāmi putraṃ dīrgha-tapo'rjitam || 1.46.2 ||

Translation

«يا أيها المبارك، لقد قتل أبناؤك الأقوياء أبنائي. أبتغي ابنًا—نالته بزهَدٍ وتقشّفٍ طويل—يكون قادرًا على قتل إندرا».

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Word by Word

• हतपुत्रा: one whose sons are slain
• हतपुत्रा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (हताः पुत्राः यस्याः सा)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 2nd-person pronoun

• पुत्रैः: by (your) sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana (करण/Instrumental agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• महाबलैः: by the very powerful
• महाबलैः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (महद् बलं येषां ते); विशेषणम् (qualifies पुत्रैः)

• शक्रहन्तारम्: slayer of Indra
• शक्रहन्तारम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र-हन्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शक्रस्य हन्ता)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दीर्घतपः: by long austerity
• दीर्घतपः: Karana (करण/Instrumental means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ-तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दीर्घं तपः); अर्जितम् इत्यस्य करणम्

• अर्जितम्: obtained, won
• अर्जितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies पुत्रम्)

Context

"I have seized the opportunity and severed into seven pieces the foetus who would have been a slayer of Indra. O Devi! shoudn't you forgive me"?ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē bālakāṇḍē ṣaṭcatvāriṅśassarga:৷৷Thus ends the fortysixth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Kaśyapa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas (implied by ‘your sons’)

FAQs

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

The verse shows how grief can turn toward vengeance; dharma warns that retaliatory desire (even when understandable) can generate further adharma and suffering.

What is the narrative situation?

Diti, mourning her slain sons, petitions Kaśyapa for a powerful son who can kill Indra.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Austerity (tapas) is treated as a potent force, though here it is sought for a destructive aim—highlighting the need for dharmic intention behind spiritual power.