Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तस्यैतेनिशितास्तीक्ष्णाःपत्रिपत्राङ्गवाजिनः ।पतत्रिणइवासौम्याश्शराःपास्यन्तिशोणितम् ।।।।

Transliteration

tasyaité niśitās tīkṣṇāḥ patripatrāṅgavājinaḥ |

patatriṇa iva asaumyāḥ śarāḥ pāsyanti śoṇitam ||

Translation

Ces flèches, aiguisées et tranchantes, emplumées comme de membres d’oiseaux, boiront son sang tels des oiseaux cruels.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निशिताः: sharpened
• निशिताः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तीक्ष्णाः: keen/pointed
• तीक्ष्णाः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पत्रिपत्राङ्गवाजिनः: having feathered wings/parts (fletched)
• पत्रिपत्राङ्गवाजिनः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patri + patra + aṅga + vājin (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (possessive): ‘having limbs (aṅga) like wings/feathers (patra/patri)’; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (of arrows)

• पतत्रिणः: birds
• पतत्रिणः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patatrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इव: like/as
• इव: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपमा-सूचक (comparative particle)

• असौम्याः: cruel/inauspicious
• असौम्याः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asaumya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शराः: arrows
• शराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पास्यन्ति: will drink
• पास्यन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपदम्

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Context

Vibheeshana was pained to see Rama immersed in grief, depressed in spirit, and asked for What is all this grief for?

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma
• Indrajit (contextual target: ‘his’)

FAQs

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

Within the war context, it frames righteous force as decisive against adharma—violence is depicted as targeted, not wanton, aimed at ending wrongdoing.

What is the narrative situation?

Counsel is being given to act against Indrajit; the verse uses vivid martial imagery to stress certainty of retribution.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Resolve—steadfast commitment to remove a dangerous aggressor who threatens dharma.