Shloka 6

शक्तिप्रहारः

Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्प्रतिहतेऽतुराघवेणमहात्मना ।रावणःक्रोधाताम्राक्षस्सौरमस्त्रमुदैरयत् ।।।।

Transliteration

tasmin pratihate 'stre tu rāghaveṇa mahātmanā |

rāvaṇaḥ krodhāt tāmrākṣaḥ sauram astram udairayat ||

Translation

その武器が大いなるラाघヴァによって打ち消されるや、怒りに目を赤くしたラーヴァナは、太陽の武器サウラーストラを放った。

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रतिहते: having been repelled, rendered ineffective
• प्रतिहते: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिहत (कृदन्त; प्रति+√हन् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त (PPP) विशेषण

• अस्त्रे: in the missile
• अस्त्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राघवेण: by Rāghava
• राघवेण: Kartr-karana (कर्तृ-करण/Agent expressed instrumentally)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रोधात्: from anger, out of wrath
• क्रोधात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• ताम्राक्षः: red-eyed
• ताम्राक्षः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताम्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (ताम्राणि अक्षीणि यस्य)

• सौरम्: solar (presided over by the Sun)
• सौरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अस्त्रम्: missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उदैरयत्: set in motion, discharged
• उदैरयत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+√ईर् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

By the hail of arrows from the bow of great soul Rama scattered, Ravana and his ministers ran from there out of fear like the clouds chased by the gale.৷৷ ইত্যার্ষেবাল্মীকীযেশ্রীমদ্রামাযণেআদিকাব্যেযুদ্ধকাণ্ডেএকোত্তরশততমস্সর্গঃ ৷৷This is the end of one hundred one sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Rāvaṇa
• Saurāstra (solar missile/weapon)

FAQs

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

A key dharmic warning: anger (krodha) distorts judgment. Rāvaṇa escalates from rage, contrasting with the ideal of restrained, principled action.

What is the narrative situation?

After Rāma counters an earlier weapon, Rāvaṇa responds by deploying a powerful celestial missile associated with the Sun.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s steadiness is implied through his successful neutralization; Rāvaṇa’s lack of self-control is highlighted by krodha.