Shloka 7

रावणस्यात्मप्रशंसा लङ्कावर्णनं च

Ravana’s Self-Praise and the Description of Lanka

Devanagari script

मम सञ्जातरोषस्य मुखं दृष्ट्वैव मैथिलि।विद्रवन्ति परित्रस्तास्सुराश्शक्रपुरोगमाः।।।।

Transliteration

mama sañjāta-roṣasya mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva maithili |

vidravanti paritrastāḥ surāḥ śakra-purogamāḥ ||

Translation

മൈഥിലീ, എനിക്ക് ക്രോധം ഉദിച്ചിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ എന്റെ മുഖം മാത്രം കണ്ടാൽ പോലും, ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) മുൻപന്തിയിലുള്ള ദേവന്മാരും ഭീതിയിൽ ഓടിപ്പോകുന്നു എന്നു അവൻ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; अस्मद्-शब्द

• sañjāta-roṣasya: of (me) whose anger has arisen
• sañjāta-roṣasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; qualifies 'mukham' as 'of me who is enraged')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sañjāta (सम्+जन् धातु, क्त) + roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सञ्जातः रोषः यस्य/रोषः सञ्जातः)

• mukham: face
• mukham: Karma (कर्म/object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• maithili: O Maithili
• maithili: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maithilī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• vidravanti: run away
• vidravanti: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+drav (द्रव् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• paritrastāḥ: frightened
• paritrastāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari+tras (त्रस् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of surāḥ

• surāḥ: gods
• surāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śakra-purogamāḥ: led by Indra
• śakra-purogamāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण of surāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + purogama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शक्रः पुरोगमः येषाम्)

Context

O demon, you may live long after forcibly snatching the most beautiful Sachi, from the hands of Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, but after abusing a woman like me, you will not be released from death even if you drink nectar.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अरण्यकाण्डे अष्टचत्वारिंशस्सर्गः।।Thus ends the fortyeighty sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Maithilī (Sītā)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

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

Dharma restrains anger and rejects intimidation; boasting about krodha and terror is portrayed as moral degradation.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa attempts to frighten Sītā into submission by claiming even gods fear him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s fearlessness and truth-speaking resolve are emphasized by her forthcoming rebuttal.