Shloka 48

वानर-ऋक्ष-सेना-प्रशंसा

Cataloguing the Vanara and Bear Forces

Devanagari script

सर्वेमहाराजमहाप्रभावास्सर्वेमहाशैलनिकाशकायाः ।सर्वेसमर्थापृथिवींक्षणेनकर्तुंप्रविध्वस्तविकीर्णशैलाम् ।।।।

Transliteration

sarve mahārāja mahāprabhāvāḥ sarve mahāśailanikāśakāyāḥ |

sarve samarthāḥ pṛthivīṃ kṣaṇena kartuṃ pravidhvastavikīrṇaśailām || 6.27.48 ||

Translation

O großer König, alle sind von gewaltiger Macht; alle haben Leiber wie große Berge; alle vermögen in einem Augenblick die Erde mit zerschmetterten und zerstreuten Felsenbergen zu bedecken.

Word by Word

• सारणस्य: of Sāraṇa
• सारणस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारण (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वचः: words, speech
• वचः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु), क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-न्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’

• रावणम्: Rāvaṇa
• रावणम्: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient; to whom spoken)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• राक्षस-अधिपम्: lord of the rākṣasas
• राक्षस-अधिपम्: समनाधिकरण (Apposition to ‘रावणम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राक्षसानाम् अधिपः)

• बलम्: the army/strength
• बलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आदिश्य: having described
• आदिश्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √दिश् (धातु), ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-न्त (gerund): ‘having described/pointed out’

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (agreeing with सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; of ‘आदिश्य’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शुकः: Śuka
• शुकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech, statement
• वाक्यम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्यय (sequencing particle: ‘then’)

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

"O, Monarch! All of them are highly prominent, their stature equal to high hills and all of them are capable of levelling the earth by uprooting and razing its mountains to the ground in a moment."৷৷ ইত্যার্ষেবাল্মীকীযেশ্রীমদ্রামাযণেআদিকাব্যেযুদ্ধকাণ্ডেসপ্তবিংশস্সর্গঃ ৷৷This is the end of the twenty seventh sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Earth (pṛthivī)
• Mountains (śaila)

FAQs

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

Immense power is acknowledged as real, but implicitly it should serve a righteous end; strength gains moral meaning when aligned to dharma rather than domination.

What is the narrative situation?

A warning-style description is given to Rāvaṇa about the extraordinary might of the allied forces, using earth-and-mountain imagery to convey their capacity.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Mahāprabhāva (great potency) and collective capability—an army whose leaders are portrayed as near-unstoppable.