Shloka 7

त्रिशिरा-प्रबोधनम् तथा नरान्तक-वधः

Trisira’s Counsel and the Slaying of Naranthaka

Devanagari script

शम्बरोदेवराजेननरकोविष्णुवायथा ।तथाऽद्यशयितारामोमयायुधिनिपातितः ।।।।

Transliteration

śambaro devarājena narako viṣṇunā yathā | tathā 'dya śayitā rāmo mayā yudhi nipātitaḥ ||

Translation

„Wie Śambara vom König der Devas niedergeworfen wurde und Naraka von Viṣṇu, so werde ich heute im Kampf auch Rāma zu Boden strecken und ihn hingestreckt liegen lassen.“

Word by Word

• śambaraḥ: Śambara
• śambaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• devarājena: by the king of the gods (Indra)
• devarājena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: देवानां राजा); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• narakaḥ: Naraka
• narakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथार्थक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: 'as/just as')

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तथार्थक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: 'so/in the same way')

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• śayitā: laid low, made to lie down
• śayitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śī (धातु) + tṛc (तृच्)
• Form: कृदन्त (Agent noun/participle with तृच्: 'one who will lie/has been made to lie'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yudhi: in battle
• yudhi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (as noun 'battle'), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• nipātitaḥ: felled, struck down
• nipātitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni + pat (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Context

"Just as Lord of Devas by Sambara, and Vishnu by Naraka, in the same way Rama will also be destroyed struck by me."

Characters & Entities

• Śambara
• Indra (devarāja)
• Viṣṇu
• Rāma
• battle (yudh)

FAQs

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

The verse warns against arrogance and false equivalence: invoking divine victories to justify one’s own violent intent is a distortion of dharma.

What is the narrative situation?

A Rākṣasa warrior boasts that he will strike down Rāma, comparing himself to gods who defeated famous demons.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Negatively, hubris (mada) and overconfidence—traits that the epic repeatedly frames as self-destructive.