Shloka 35

सप्तनवतितमः सर्गः (Yuddha Kāṇḍa 97): Sugrīva’s Onslaught and the Fall of Virūpākṣa

Devanagari script

तथातुतौसंम्यतिसम्प्रयुक्तौ ।तरस्विनौवानरराक्षसानाम् ।।।।

Transliteration

tathā tutau saṃmyati samprayuktau |

tarasvinau vānararākṣasānām ||

Translation

かくして、接近戦のただ中で、ヴァーナラとラークシャサの強大な軍勢は相まみえ、激しく衝突した。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• तुतौ: (the two) roared
• तुतौ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tu (तु धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (dual), परस्मैपदम्

• संम्यति: in close combat, in the battle
• संम्यति: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃmyati (संम्यति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (sg.)

• सम्प्रयुक्तौ: both engaged/locked together
• सम्प्रयुक्तौ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pra-√yuj (युज् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nom.), द्विवचन (dual)

• तरस्विनौ: both powerful, forceful
• तरस्विनौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tarasvin (तरस्विन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nom.), द्विवचन (dual)

• वानरराक्षसानाम्: of the monkeys and the rakshasas
• वानरराक्षसानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara + rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative); षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (pl.)

Context

All the leaders of the army themselves seizing hold of huge mountains and trees of several kinds followed his side.

Characters & Entities

• Vānaras
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

Dharma in epic warfare is framed as decisive engagement against adharma: conflict is not celebrated, but presented as an unavoidable meeting of opposed moral forces.

What is the narrative situation?

The two sides close distance and enter intense hand-to-hand fighting as the battle peaks.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Determination—both sides exert strength; the dharmic lesson emerges through the larger narrative outcome rather than this brief battle-suture.