Shloka 38

अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः

Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha

Devanagari script

पश्य मां वीर विवशं राक्षसस्य वशं गतम्।।।।मयैकेन विनिर्युक्तः परिमुञ्चस्व राघव।

Transliteration

paśya māṁ vīra vivaśaṁ rākṣasasya vaśaṁ gatam |

mayā ekena viniryuktaḥ parimuñcasva rāghava ||3.69.38||

Translation

ഹേ വീരാ, എന്നെ നോക്കുക—ഞാൻ അശക്തനായി രാക്ഷസന്റെ അധീനതയിൽ വീണിരിക്കുന്നു. എന്നെയൊറ്റയെ ബലിയായി അർപ്പിച്ച്, ഹേ രാഘവാ, നീ നിന്നെ മോചിപ്പിക്കു.

Word by Word

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• विवशम्: helpless
• विवशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'mām')

• राक्षसस्य: of the demon
• राक्षसस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वशम्: control / power
• वशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; goal/state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गतम्: gone into / fallen under
• गतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'gone/come into' (agreeing with 'mām')

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in participial clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एकेन: alone / with one (means)
• एकेन: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied 'upāyena'/'māṃ')

• विनिर्युक्तः: having offered (me) / having put forward
• विनिर्युक्तः: Kriyā (क्रिया/Participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-युज् (धातु) → विनिर्युक्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'offered/sent forth (as a substitute)'

• परिमुञ्चस्व: free yourself / escape
• परिमुञ्चस्व: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• राघव: O Rāghava
• राघव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Context

O heroic Rama! see how helpless I am under the control of the demon. Set yourself free, leaving me alone and using me as an offering.

Characters & Entities

• Lakshmana
• Rama
• Rakshasa (Kabandha, implied)

FAQs

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

Self-sacrifice for a righteous cause: Lakshmana proposes giving himself so Rama may continue the dharmic mission of rescuing Sita.

What is the narrative situation?

While held by Kabandha, Lakshmana urges Rama to escape by treating him as a sacrificial offering to the demon.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Brotherly devotion and tyāga (willingness to sacrifice oneself) in service of a higher dharmic goal.