Shloka 26

शक्तिप्रहारः

Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding

Devanagari script

कीर्यमाणश्शरौघेणविसृष्टेनमहात्मना ।न प्रहर्तुंमनश्चक्रेविमुखीकृतविक्रमः ।।।।

Transliteration

kīryamāṇaḥ śaraughena visṛṣṭena mahātmanā |

na prahartuṃ manaś cakre vimukhīkṛtavikramaḥ ||

Translation

大いなる魂の戦士が放った矢の奔流に打ち据えられ、勢いを挫かれたラーヴァナは、打ちかかろうと心を定めることすらできなかった。

Word by Word

• कीर्यमाणः: being covered
• कीर्यमाणः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of implied subject, e.g., रावणः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṝ (धातु √कॄ/किर्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle, शानच्/मान), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘being covered/scattered upon’

• शरौघेण: by a torrent of arrows
• शरौघेण: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara + ogha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: शराणाम् ओघः = ‘flood/mass of arrows’

• विसृष्टेन: discharged
• विसृष्टेन: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of ‘शरौघेण’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√sṛj (धातु √सृज्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘discharged/released’ (agreeing with शरौघेण)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: कर्ता (Kartā; agent of ‘visṛṣṭena’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: महान् आत्मा यस्य = ‘great-souled (one)’

• न: not
• न: निषेध (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• प्रहर्तुम्: to strike
• प्रहर्तुम्: कर्मप्रवृत्ति/उद्देश्य (infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√hṛ (धातु √हृ ‘to strike’)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to strike’

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्म (Karma; object of ‘cakre’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘mind’

• चक्रे: resolved / made up (his mind)
• चक्रे: क्रिया (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु √कृ)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘made/formed (resolved)’

• विमुखीकृतविक्रमः: with his prowess checked
• विमुखीकृतविक्रमः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukhī-kṛta + vikrama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-भाव: विक्रमः (पराक्रमः) विमुखीकृतः यस्य = ‘whose prowess was turned away/checked’

Context

Covered by the stream of shafts discharged by the great self, Lakshmana, Ravana could not shake his hand and was not inclined in his mind to strike (Vibheeshana).

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Lakṣmaṇa
• śara (arrows)

FAQs

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

Dharma can require firm restraint of wrongdoing—stopping harm before it is carried out.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakṣmaṇa’s arrow-storm suppresses Rāvaṇa, preventing him from executing his intended strike.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Steadfastness and controlled force used to neutralize a threat.