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Shloka 8

मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च

After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana

Devanagari script

राक्षसैस्सहितैर्नूनं सीताया ईप्सितो वधः।काञ्चनश्च मृगो भूत्वा व्यपनीयाश्रमात्तु माम्।।3.57.7।।दूरं नीत्वा तु मारीचो राक्षसोऽभूच्छरा हतः।हा लक्ष्मण हतोऽस्मीति यद्वाक्यं व्याजहार ह।।3.57.8।।

Transliteration

dūraṃ nītvā tu mārīco rākṣaso ’bhūc charā hataḥ | hā lakṣmaṇa hato ’smīti yad-vākyaṃ vyājahāra ha ||

Translation

私を遠くへ誘い出したのち、羅刹マリーチャは私の矢に射られて真の姿を現し、「ああ、ラクシュマナよ、私は討たれた！」と叫んだ。

Word by Word
अपिperhaps
अपि:
वाक्यालङ्कार (Sentence particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावनार्थक/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (particle: ‘perhaps/also’)
स्वस्तिwell-being/safety
स्वस्ति:
कर्म/विषय (Predicate notion)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वस्ति (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमङ्गलार्थक अव्यय (benedictive)
भवेत्may be
भवेत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ताभ्याम्for those two
ताभ्याम्:
सम्प्रदान/विषय (Beneficiary/concerned parties)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री, तृतीया (Instrumental), द्विवचन; ‘for those two / with respect to those two’
रहिताभ्याम्being without (me)
रहिताभ्याम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootरहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री, तृतीया, द्विवचन; predicate/qualifier with ‘ताभ्याम्’ (‘being without [me]’)
महावनेin the great forest
महावने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootमहावन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय समास (महान् वनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
जनस्थाननिमित्तम्because of Janasthana
जनस्थाननिमित्तम्:
हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootजनस्थान (प्रातिपदिक) + निमित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष समास (जनस्थानस्य निमित्तम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; cause-object with implied ‘कृत्वा/हेतोः’
हिfor/indeed
हि:
वाक्यालङ्कार (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये निपात (particle: for/because/indeed)
कृतवैरःhaving incurred enmity
कृतवैरः:
कर्तृविशेषण (Predicate qualifier of ‘अस्मि’)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष समास (कृतं वैरं येन/कृतवैरः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्, परस्मैपदी, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
राक्षसैःwith demons
राक्षसैः:
सह/प्रतियोगी (Opponent/with whom)
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
निमित्तानिomens/portents
निमित्तानि:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनिमित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
घोराणिdreadful
घोराणि:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; qualifies ‘निमित्तानि’
दृश्यन्तेare seen/appear
दृश्यन्ते:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; passive-like ‘are seen/appear’
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)
बहूनिmany
बहूनि:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; qualifies ‘निमित्तानि’
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
Context

'Hence the murder of Sita must have been jointly planned by the demons. Maricha who had assumed the form of a golden deer, took me away from the hermitage to a faroff place where, killed by my arrows, he turned a demon uttering the words, Alas, Lakshmana, I am killed.

Characters & Entities
M
Mā rīca
L
Lakṣmaṇa
R
Rāma
R
rākṣasa
A
arrows (śara)

FAQs

Satya (truth) is contrasted with deliberate falsehood: adharma weaponizes lies to trigger righteous action in the wrong direction.

After being shot, Mā rīca reveals his rākṣasa form and cries out in a way meant to deceive Sītā and draw Lakṣmaṇa away.

For Rāma, decisiveness in combat; for the ethical frame, the need for discernment against deception.

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