Shloka 9

खरस्य क्रोधः — शूर्पणखावृत्तान्तकथनम्

Khara’s Wrath and Śūrpaṇakhā’s Report

Devanagari script

निहतस्य मया सङ्ख्ये शरसंकृत्तमर्मणः।सफेनं रुधिरं रक्तं मेदिनी कस्य पास्यति।।।।

Transliteration

nihatasya mayā saṅkhye śarasaṅkṛtta-marmaṇaḥ | saphenaṃ rudhiraṃ raktaṃ medinī kasya pāsyati ||

Translation

ನಾನು ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ಹತಮಾಡಿದಾಗ—ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಅವನ ಮರ್ಮಗಳು ಛೇದಿತವಾದಾಗ—ಆ ನುರಿಯುವ ಕೆಂಪು ರಕ್ತವನ್ನು ಈ ಭೂಮಿ ಯಾರದ್ದೆಂದು ಕುಡಿಯುವುದು?

Word by Word

• निहतस्य: of the slain
• निहतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; नि+√हन् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘whose’)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun

• सङ्ख्ये: in battle
• सङ्ख्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘battle’

• शर-संकृत्त-मर्मणः: whose vital parts are cut by arrows
• शर-संकृत्त-मर्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक) + संकृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+√कृत्/√कृत्त् ‘to cut’ in kta sense) + मर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (instrumental determinative): शरैः संकृत्तानि मर्माणि यस्य; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण

• स-फेनम्: foamy
• स-फेनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश ‘स’ (with) + विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रक्तम्: red
• रक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of blood)

• मेदिनी: the earth
• मेदिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कस्य: of whom, whose
• कस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• पास्यति: will drink
• पास्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Context

Whose foamy, red blood will the earth drink while I strike his vital organs with my arrows in the fight ?

Characters & Entities

• medinī (earth)
• śara (arrows)
• marma (vital points)

FAQs

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

It underscores the grim seriousness of righteous combat: violence is not celebrated, but presented as the necessary consequence when adharma forces a battle.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma anticipates the enemy’s death in combat, describing the battlefield outcome with stark imagery.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Unflinching resolve to finish a just fight—firmness that prevents prolonged harm.