Shloka 7

इन्द्रजितः अन्तर्धानयुद्धं

Indrajit’s Concealed Assault and the Fall of Rama and Lakshmana

Devanagari script

रामलक्ष्मणयोरेवसर्वदेहभिदश्शरान् ।भृशमावेशयामासरावणिस्समितिञ्जयः ।।6.45.7।।

Transliteration

rāmalakṣmaṇayor eva sarvadehabhidaḥ śarān |

bhṛśam āveśayāmāsa rāvaṇiḥ samitiṃjayaḥ ||6.45.7||

Translation

Rāvaṇi, vainqueur dans la mêlée, enfonça sans relâche des flèches perçant tout le corps dans les corps de Rāma et de Lakṣmaṇa.

Word by Word

• nirantara-śarīrau: with bodies pierced all over
• nirantara-śarīrau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirantara (प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; कर्मधारय: 'having bodies (pierced) continuously/all over'

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

• tau: those two
• tau: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; pronoun

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual

• rāma-lakṣmaṇau: Rama and Lakshmana
• rāma-lakṣmaṇau: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; द्वन्द्व

• kruddhena: by the enraged (one)
• kruddhena: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) → kruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• indrajitā: by Indrajit
• indrajitā: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indrajit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (proper noun)

• vīrau: the two heroes
• vīrau: Kartr̥ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual

• pannagaiḥ: with serpents
• pannagaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pannaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• śaratām: of arrows
• śaratām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; used in compound-like relation with gataiḥ

• gataiḥ: turned into / become
• gataiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; past participle (क्त) qualifying pannagaiḥ: 'having become (like) serpents'

Context

Ravana's son being skilled in the use of weapons and an expert in mystic powers, he prohibited the speed of the Vanaras with his swift arrows.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāvaṇi (Indrajit)
• arrows (śara)

FAQs

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

Dharma is tested under assault: righteousness may suffer injury, yet its commitment to truth and duty does not depend on immediate victory.

What is the narrative situation?

Indrajit intensifies his attack, repeatedly striking Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with body-piercing arrows.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

For Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, steadfastness under pain; for Indrajit, battlefield prowess (ethically complicated by the broader deceptive context).