Shloka 94

युद्धे अङ्गद-मैन्द-द्विविद-राक्षसयुद्धम्; कुम्भस्य प्रादुर्भावः तथा सुग्रीवेण पराभवः

Sarga 76: Angada and the Vanara chiefs battle Kampana, Prajaṅgha, Yūpākṣa, Śoṇitākṣa; Kumbha enters and is checked by Sugrīva

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्हतेभीमपराक्रमेणप्लवङ्गमानामृषभेणयुद्धे ।महीसशैलासवनाचचालभयं च रक्षांस्यधिकंविवेश ।।।।

Transliteration

tasmin hate bhīmaparākrameṇa plavaṅgamānām ṛṣabheṇa yuddhe |

mahī saśailā savanā cacāla bhayaṃ ca rakṣāṃsy adhikaṃ viveśa ||

Translation

ເມື່ອເຂົາຖືກສັງຫານໃນສົງຄາມໂດຍ “ໂຄອຸສະພະ” ໃນຫມູ່ກອງວານອນ—ຜູ້ມີລິດອັນນ່າຢ້ານ—ແຜ່ນດິນກໍສັ່ນສະເທືອນພ້ອມທັງພູເຂົາແລະປ່າໄມ້ ແລະຄວາມຢ້ານກົວທີ່ຫນັກຂຶ້ນກໍເຂົ້າຄອບງຳຫມູ່ຣາກສະສະ।

Word by Word

• tasmin: in that (event)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative: in/when that)

• hate: when (he) was slain
• hate: Sati-saptamī (सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• bhīma-parākrameṇa: with terrible valor
• bhīma-parākrameṇa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक) + parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; विशेषणम् (ṛṣabheṇa)

• plavaṅgamānām: of the monkeys
• plavaṅgamānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: plavaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ṛṣabheṇa: by the bull/foremost one
• ṛṣabheṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental)

• yuddhe: in battle
• yuddhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• sa-śailā: with mountains
• sa-śailā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह-प्रातिपदिक) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शैलैः सह वर्तते) विशेषणम् (mahī)

• sa-vanā: with forests
• sa-vanā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह-) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (वनैः सह) विशेषणम् (mahī)

• cacāla: shook
• cacāla: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cal (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चय-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction: and)

• rakṣāṃsi: Rakshasas
• rakṣāṃsi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• adhikam: greater/more
• adhikam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhayam)

• viveśa: entered/seized
• viveśa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√viś (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

When Kumbha was killed in combat by the bull among the monkeys of terrific courage, the earth shook with mountains and the Rakshasas feared even more.।। ityārṣēvālmīkīyēśrīmadrāmāyaṇēādikāvyēyuddhakāṇḍēṣaṭasaptatitamassargaḥ ।।This is the end of the seventy sixth sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva (by epithet: plavaṅgamānām ṛṣabha)
• Rākṣasas
• earth (mahī)
• mountains (śaila)
• forests (vana)

FAQs

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

Dharma is depicted as world-order: when a major force of adharma is removed, the cosmos responds (earth shakes) and the remaining wrongdoers are seized by fear—an ethical warning about the consequences of unrighteous alignment.

What is the narrative situation?

Kumbha’s death marks a turning point; nature reacts and the Rākṣasas’ morale collapses further.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Leadership-strength (netṛtva + vīrya) of Sugrīva as the foremost Vānara warrior in that moment.