Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यच्चापि कत्थसे राम बहुश: परिषत्सु वै । निर्जिता: क्षत्रिया लोके मयैकेनेति तच्छूणु,“राम! आप जो बहुत बार भरी सभाओंमें अपनी प्रशंसाके लिये यह कहा करते हैं कि मैंने अकेले ही संसारके समस्त क्षत्रियोंको जीत लिया था तो उसका उत्तर सुन लीजिये

Transliteration

yaccāpi katthase rāma bahuśaḥ pariṣatsu vai | nirjitāḥ kṣatriyā loke mayaikene iti tac chṛṇu ||

Translation

Y tú, Rama, en cuanto a lo que tantas veces alardeas en asambleas concurridas—diciendo: «Yo solo he conquistado a todos los kṣatriyas del mundo»—escucha ahora la respuesta a esa pretensión.

Word by Word

यत्that which

चand

अपिalso/even

कत्थसेyou boast

रामO Rama

बहुशःmany times/often

परिषत्सुin assemblies

वैindeed/forsooth

निर्जिताःconquered

क्षत्रियाःkshatriyas/warriors

लोकेin the world

मयाby me

एकेनalone/by one (person)

इतिthus/quoting

तत्that (statement)

शृणुhear/listen

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rama

kṣatriyas

pariṣad (assembly)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse critiques self-glorifying speech in public forums and insists that claims of greatness must be answered with truth and accountability; ethical stature is shown through restraint and veracity, not repeated boasting.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker addresses Rama directly, referring to Rama’s repeated public claim that he single-handedly defeated all the kṣatriyas of the world, and announces that he will now give a response/refutation to that boast.