Shloka 18

अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः

Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha

Devanagari script

कर्णनासे निकृत्ते तु विस्वरं सा विनद्य च।यथागतं प्रदुद्राव राक्षसी भीमदर्शना।।।।

Transliteration

karṇanāse nikṛtte tu visvaraṃ sā vinadya ca |

yathāgataṃ pradudrāva rākṣasī bhīmadarśanā ||

Translation

Mit abgeschnittenen Ohren und Nase schrie die schrecklich aussehende Rākṣasī mit gebrochener Stimme auf und floh den Weg zurück, den sie gekommen war.

Word by Word

• karṇa-nāse: when (her) ears and nose (were...)
• karṇa-nāse: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāsā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual (द्विवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: karṇau ca nāsā ca; locative absolute with nikṛtte

• nikṛtte: having been cut off
• nikṛtte: Sati-saptami (सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√kṛt (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त, क्त); from ni-√kṛt (to cut off); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual (द्विवचन); forms locative absolute with karṇa-nāse

• tu: then/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• visvaram: in a discordant voice
• visvaram: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: visvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन) from adjective visvara; used as manner-adverb

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vinadya: having cried out
• vinadya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-√nad (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त); from vi-√nad (to cry out); prior action

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• yathā-āgatam: as she had come / in the same way
• yathā-āgatam: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + āgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam + kta)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound functioning adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण): yathā āgatam = as (she) came; accusative singular neuter form used adverbially

• pradudrāva: ran away
• pradudrāva: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dru (धातु)
• Form: Dhātu: pra-√dru (प्र+द्रु, to run forth); Lakāra: Liṭ (लिट्, Perfect); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद); Prathama (प्रथमपुरुष); Eka (एकवचन)

• rākṣasī: the demoness
• rākṣasī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to sā

• bhīma-darśanā: frightful-looking
• bhīma-darśanā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक) + darśanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: bhīmaṃ darśanam yasyāḥ / bhīma-darśanā = of frightful appearance; agrees with rākṣasī

Context

Thus addressed, Lakshmana, subduer of enemies, became angry, took out the sword and cut off her ears, nose and breasts.

Characters & Entities

• Ayomukhī (rākṣasī)

FAQs

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

Adharma that harms others leads to suffering and retreat; the episode reinforces the epic’s moral causality—violent predation meets decisive resistance.

What is the narrative situation?

Injured and screaming, Ayomukhī escapes, ending the immediate confrontation.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The brothers’ capacity to restore safety in the forest space by repelling a predatory threat.