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Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 46, Shloka 4

शरबन्धनम् (The Binding by Arrows) / Indrajit’s Illusory Assault and the Vanaras’ Consolation

Devanagari script

अचेष्टौमन्दनिश्श्वासौशोणितौघपरिप्लुतौ ।शरजालाचितौस्तब्दौशयानौशरतल्पयोः ।।6.46.4।।निःश्वसन्तौयथासर्पौनिश्चेष्टौमन्दविक्रमौ ।रुधिरस्राद्विग्धाङ्गौतापनीयाविवध्वजौ ।।6.46.5।।तौवीरशयनेवीरौशयानौमन्दचेष्टितौ ।यूथपैस्तै: परिवृतौबाष्पव्याकुललोचनैः ।।6.46.6।।राघवौपतितौदृष्टवाशरजालसमावृतौ ।बभूवुर्वेर्व्यथितास्सर्वेवानरास्सविभीषणाः ।।6.46.7।।

Transliteration

aceṣṭau manda-niśśvāsau śoṇitaugha-pariplutau |

śara-jālā-citau stabdhau śayānau śara-talpayoḥ ||6.46.4||

niḥśvasantau yathā sarpau niśceṣṭau manda-vikramau |

rudhira-srād-dhigdhāṅgau tāpanīyāv iva dhvajau ||6.46.5||

tau vīra-śayane vīrau śayānau manda-ceṣṭitau |

yūthapais taiḥ parivṛtau bāṣpa-vyākula-locanaiḥ ||6.46.6||

rāghavau patitau dṛṣṭvā śara-jāla-samāvṛtau |

babhūvur ver-vyathitāḥ sarve vānarāḥ sa-vibhīṣaṇāḥ ||6.46.7||

Translation

كانا كلاهما مطروحين بلا حراك، أنفاسُهما واهنة، مغمورَين بسيولٍ من الدم؛ وقد امتلأت أجسادُهما بشَبَكةٍ من السهام، جامدَين على فراشٍ من النِّبال. يزفران كالأفاعي، عاجزَين ساكنَين، وأعضاؤهما ملطّخة بالدم، فكأنهما رايتان ذهبيّتان قد أُسقطتا. وكان البطلان راقدَين على مضجع الأبطال، لا يكادان يتحرّكان، يحيط بهما قادةُ الجموع وعيونُهم مضطربة بالدموع. ولمّا رأى الجميعُ الراغَفَين ساقطَين ومغطَّيَين بشَبَكة السهام، ارتعد كلُّ محاربي الفانارا—وفيهم فيبيشانا—من لوعةٍ وخوف.

Word by Word
aceṣṭaumotionless
aceṣṭau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota + ceṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)
manda-niḥśvāsauwith feeble breathing
manda-niḥśvāsau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanda (प्रातिपदिक) + niḥśvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास: मन्दः निःश्वासः यस्य; पुल्लिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा, द्विवचन
śoṇita-ogha-pariplutauflooded with a torrent of blood
śoṇita-ogha-pariplutau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśoṇita (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + pari-pluta (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: शोणितौघेन परिप्लुतौ (flooded/covered by a stream of blood); पुल्लिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा, द्विवचन
śara-jāla-ācitaucovered with a mesh of arrows
śara-jāla-ācitau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśara (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक) + ācita (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष: शरजालेन आचितौ (heaped/covered with a net of arrows); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
stabdhaustiff, unmoving
stabdhau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootstabdha (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘stunned/rigid’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
śayānaulying
śayānau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootśī (धातु)
Formशानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present middle participle) ‘lying’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
śara-talpayoḥon the bed of arrows
śara-talpayoḥ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśara (प्रातिपदिक) + talpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: शराणां तल्पः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), सप्तमी/षष्ठी-द्विवचनरूप (Locative/Genitive Dual) — अत्र अधिकरणे ‘on the bed of arrows’ अर्थे
Context

Unable to move, with feeble breath, drenched in blood and the body covered all over with arrows, lying on a bed of arrows, stunned, with reduced prowess, sighing like serpents, the heroes, Rama, and Lakshmana, who were like golden posts became dull. Rama and Lakshmana were lying on a heroic bed, arrows stuck to the bodies. Vibheeshana and all the Vanaras kept seeing both the scions and wept surrounding them.

Characters & Entities
R
Rāma
L
Lakṣmaṇa
V
Vānara-sainya
Y
Yūthapa (Vānara troop-leaders)
V
Vibhīṣaṇa

FAQs

The verse sets the ethical stakes of war: even righteous campaigns entail suffering; dharma requires compassion, steadiness, and continued responsibility amid grief.

Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are seen lying stricken on the battlefield, pierced by many arrows; the Vānara host and their allies are overwhelmed with fear and sorrow.

Collective loyalty and compassion—leaders and soldiers remain gathered around their fallen protectors rather than abandoning them.

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