Shloka 4

षट्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः

Ravana Deploys Five Generals; Hanuman Destroys the Commanders and the Remaining Host

Devanagari script

यात सेनाग्रगास्सर्वे महाबलपरिग्रहाः।सवाजिरथमातङ्गास्स कपिश्शास्यतामिति।।।।

Transliteration

yāta senāgragāḥ sarve mahābalaparigrahāḥ |

savājirathamātaṅgāḥ sa kapiḥ śāsyatām iti ||

Translation

“ພວກເຈົ້າທັງຫຼາຍ ຜູ້ນຳໜ້າກອງທັບ ຈົ່ງອອກໄປໂດຍມີກຳລັງໃຫຍ່ໜຸນຫຼັງ ພ້ອມມ້າ ລົດຮົບ ແລະຊ້າງ; ຈົ່ງລົງໂທດວານອນນັ້ນ!” ເຂົາໄດ້ອອກຄຳສັ່ງ

Word by Word

• यात: go / march
• यात: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural), परस्मैपद

• सेनाग्रगाः: leaders at the front of the army
• सेनाग्रगाः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना-अग्र-ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुषः: सेनायाः अग्रे गच्छन्ति इति

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण) of ‘सेनाग्रगाः’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• महाबलपरिग्रहाः: having great strength/forces as support
• महाबलपरिग्रहाः: Visheshana (विशेषण) of ‘सेनाग्रगाः’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-बल-परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुषः: महत् बलं परिग्रहः (परिवार/सम्पत्ति) येषाम्

• सवाजिरथमातङ्गाः: with horses, chariots, and elephants
• सवाजिरथमातङ्गाः: Visheshana (विशेषण) of ‘सेनाग्रगाः’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- वाजि-रथ-मातङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘वाजिभिः रथैः मातङ्गैः सह’

• सः: that (he)
• सः: Karta (कर्ता) of passive ‘शास्यताम्’ (logical subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• कपिः: the monkey (Hanuman)
• कपिः: Karta (कर्ता) of passive ‘शास्यताम्’ (logical subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• शास्यताम्: let him be punished / disciplined
• शास्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive voice), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-marker (इति-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

Context

"O Army generals! march with a large, strong army with horses, chariots and elephants and punish the vanara.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• kapi (Hanumān, implied)
• horses
• chariots
• elephants

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how authority can be directed toward adharma: punishment is ordered without self-examination of wrongdoing (Sītā’s abduction being the larger cause).

What is the narrative situation?

In response to Hanumān’s havoc in Laṅkā, Rāvaṇa orders his leading commanders to march out with a full combined force to subdue him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Not virtue but rājya-śakti (state power) as a theme—showing how command and resources are mobilized in conflict.