Shloka 83

Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger

Dialogue Frame

Devanagari script

हत्वा तु सकलान्दैत्यान्देवान्सर्वानहर्षयत् / क्षणेन नाशयामास रामः प्रहरतां वरः

Transliteration

hatvā tu sakalāndaityāndevānsarvānaharṣayat / kṣaṇena nāśayāmāsa rāmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

Après avoir tué tous les daityas, il combla de joie tous les dieux. Rāma, le meilleur des frappeurs, les anéantit en un instant.

Word by Word

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Kriyā (क्रिया; pūrva-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), expressing prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daityān

• daityān: daityas
• daityān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies devān

• aharṣayat: gladdened/delighted
• aharṣayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist) causative sense (णिच् implied), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular

• kṣaṇena: in a moment
• kṣaṇena: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial instrument 'in a moment'

• nāśayāmāsa: destroyed/caused to perish
• nāśayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) + Liṭ (लिट्, periphrastic perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• praharatām: of the strikers/warriors
• praharatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praharat (कृदन्त; √hṛ/har? here √hṛ 'to strike' as प्र-√हृ/प्रहर् in usage)
• Form: Present active participle used substantively (शतृ-प्रत्यय), Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate/apposition to rāmaḥ