Shloka 63

Devanagari script

शरीरमात्रमेवाद्य ममेदमवशेषितम्‌ | अस्त्राणि च महाहाणि शस्त्राणि विविधानि च,अब मेरा यह शरीरमात्र बचा है। साथ ही नाना प्रकारके बहुमूल्य अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंका ज्ञान अवशिष्ट है

Transliteration

śarīramātram evādya mamedam avaśeṣitam | astrāṇi ca mahāhāṇi śastrāṇi vividhāni ca ||

Translation

ৰামে ক’লে— “আজি মোৰ বাবে কেৱল এই দেহটোৱেই অৱশিষ্ট; কিন্তু নানাবিধ মহাবলীয় অস্ত্ৰ-শস্ত্ৰৰ বিদ্যা এতিয়াও ৰৈ গৈছে।”

Word by Word

शरीरमात्रम्only the body

एवonly/indeed

अद्यtoday/now

ममof me/my

इदम्this

अवशेषितम्left/remained

अस्त्राणिmissile-weapons (astras)

चand

महाहाणिvery destructive/causing great slaughter

शस्त्राणिhand-weapons (shastras)

विविधानिvarious

चand

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

śarīra (body)

astra (missile-weapons)

śastra (hand-held weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one is reduced to mere bodily survival, the possession of great power (knowledge of weapons) remains morally significant; dharma demands restraint and right intention in how such power is held and used.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma reflects on his condition: materially he has been stripped down to ‘only this body,’ yet he still retains formidable martial knowledge—astrāṇi and śastrāṇi—highlighting both vulnerability and latent capacity for violence.