Shloka 11

प्रमदावनविध्वंसः | The Devastation of the Pleasure-Garden

Ashoka Vatika

Devanagari script

इदं विध्वंसयिष्यामि शुष्कं वनमिवानलः।अस्मिन्भग्ने ततः कोपं करिष्यति दशाननः।।।।

Transliteration

idaṃ vidhvaṃsayiṣyāmi śuṣkaṃ vanam ivānalaḥ | asmin bhagne tataḥ kopaṃ kariṣyati daśānanaḥ ||5.41.11||

Translation

ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະທຳລາຍສະຖານທີ່ນີ້ ດັ່ງໄຟເຜົາປ່າແຫ້ງໃຫ້ມອດໝົດ. ເມື່ອມັນພັງພິນາດແລ້ວ ທະສານະນະ (ຣາວະນະ) ຈະຖືກກະຕຸ້ນໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນ.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object—"this"

• vidhvaṃsayiṣyāmi: I will destroy
• vidhvaṃsayiṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhvaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; causative sense—"I will destroy"

• śuṣkam: dry
• śuṣkam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuṣka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifying vanam

• vanam: a forest
• vanam: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; "forest/grove"

• iva: like
• iva: Upama (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• analaḥ: fire
• analaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; subject of implied comparison

• asmin: when this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute basis—"when/in this"

• bhagne: being destroyed
• bhagne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhaj/√bhaṅg (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute with asmin—"when (it is) broken/destroyed"

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थे—"then"

• kopam: anger
• kopam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of kariṣyati

• kariṣyati: will show
• kariṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी—"will do/show"

• daśānanaḥ: Ravana
• daśānanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; bahuvrīhi—"ten-faced"

Context

'I will devastate this garden, just as fire destroys a dried up forest. This will enrage Ravana.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Aśoka-vana
• Daśānana (Rāvaṇa)

FAQs

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

Dharma here is strategic resistance to adharma: Hanumān plans an action that will draw out the oppressor’s response, enabling a larger righteous objective (Sītā’s rescue and the defeat of tyranny).

What is the narrative situation?

After meeting Sītā, Hanumān decides to wreck the garden to force a confrontation and gauge/engage Laṅkā’s defenses.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s fearless initiative coupled with strategic intelligence.