Shloka 8
इन्द्रजित्-हनूमद्-युद्धं तथा निकुम्भिलायां होमः
Indrajit vs Hanuman; Indrajit’s Nikumbhila rite
Devanagari script
स राक्षसानांकदनंचकारसुमहाकपिः ।वृतोवानरसैन्येनकालान्तकयोमोपमः ।।।।
Transliteration
sa rākṣasānāṃ kadanaṃ cakāra sumahākapiḥ | vṛto vānarasainyena kālāntakayama-upamaḥ ||
Translation
その大いなる強者の猿は羅刹の中に大殺戮をもたらした。ヴァーナラ軍に囲まれた彼は、劫末に現れる死の神ヤマのごとかった。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
राक्षसानाम्of the Rakshasas
राक्षसानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootrākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Genitive Plural)
कदनम्slaughter, havoc
कदनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkadana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
चकारdid/made
चकार:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सुमहाकपिःthe very great monkey
सुमहाकपिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsu-mahā-kapi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (सुमहान् कपिः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
वृतःsurrounded
वृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootvṛ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘surrounded’
वानरसैन्येनby the Vanara army
वानरसैन्येन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvānara-sainya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वानराणां सैन्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)
कालान्तकयमोपमःlike Yama, the ender at time's end
कालान्तकयमोपमः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāla-antaka-yama-upama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कालान्तक-यमस्य उपमः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (qualifying सुमहाकपिः)
Context
The Vanara army surrounded that great monkey, Hanuman, who was like Yama, the god of death and caused havoc to Rakshasas.
Characters & Entities
H
HanumānV
Vānara armyR
RākṣasasY
Yama (as simile)FAQs
Adharma meets its due end: the verse frames the fall of the unrighteous as an inevitable moral consequence, symbolized by Yama.
Hanumān, backed by the Vānara host, crushes the Rākṣasa fighters in intense combat.
Resolute justice—unyielding action aligned to the cause of restoring righteousness.