Shloka 25

Devanagari script

रावणश्चयतस्तत्रप्रचचालवसुन्धरा ।।।।रक्षसां च प्रहरतांगृहीताइवबाहवः ।

Transliteration

sanirghātā maholkāś ca samprapetur mahāsvanāḥ | viṣādayaṃs te rakṣāṃsi rāvaṇasya tadāhitāḥ ||

Translation

গর্জনাসহ মহা-উল্কা প্রবল শব্দে পতিত হল; সেগুলিকে রাবণের সর্বনাশের লক্ষণ মনে করে রাক্ষসেরা বিষণ্ণ হয়ে পড়ল।

Word by Word

• रावणः: Ravana
• रावणः: Adhikaraṇa/Sambandha (अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक

• यतः: from where/whereupon
• यतः: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक/स्थानवाचक (from where/whereupon)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• प्रचचाल: shook/moved violently
• प्रचचाल: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः प्र-

• वसुन्धरा: the earth
• वसुन्धरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रक्षसाम्: of the Rakshasas
• रक्षसाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (collective), षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक

• प्रहरताम्: of those who were striking/fighting
• प्रहरताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+हृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive plural), बहुवचन; ‘of those striking/fighting’

• गृहीताः: seized/clasped
• गृहीताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (बाहवः)

• इव: as if
• इव: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक निपात (particle of comparison)

• बाहवः: arms
• बाहवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Context

Wherever Ravana went, the earth shook. Many Rakshasas felt their hands clasped.

Characters & Entities

• meteors (ulkā)
• Rākṣasas
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

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

Dharma frames wrongdoing as self-destroying: signs of doom reflect the moral trajectory of adharma reaching its consequence.

What is the narrative situation?

Violent celestial portents appear; Rāvaṇa’s followers interpret them as foretelling his downfall and lose heart.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral awareness in the Rākṣasas—fear and grief arise because they sense the ethical imbalance and its outcome.