Shloka 28

शक्तिप्रहारः

Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding

Devanagari script

मोक्षितस्तेबलश्लाघिन्यस्मादेवंविभीषणः ।विमुच्यराक्षसंशक्तिस्त्वयीयंविनिपात्यते ।।।।

Transliteration

mokṣitas te balaślāghin yasmād evaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ |

vimucya rākṣasaṃ śaktis tvayīyaṃ vinipātyate ||

Translation

ബലത്തെ പുകഴ്ത്തുന്നവനേ! നീ ഇങ്ങനെ വിഭീഷണനെ മോചിപ്പിച്ചതിനാൽ, ഞാൻ വിട്ട ഈ രാക്ഷസീ ശക്തി ഇനി നിന്റെ മേലേ വീണ് നിന്നെ പ്രഹരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• मोक्षितः: has been freed
• मोक्षितः: विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √muc (धातु √मुच्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (विभीषणः) ‘has been freed’

• ते: by you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• बलश्लाघिन्: O boaster of strength
• बलश्लाघिन्: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala + ślāghin (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: बले श्लाघते इति/बलेन श्लाघी = ‘boaster of strength’

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: अपादान (Apādāna/cause-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (ablative/5th), एकवचन; ‘because/from which’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• विभीषणः: Vibhishana
• विभीषणः: कर्ता (Kartā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विमुच्य: having released
• विमुच्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√muc (धातु √मुच्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), ‘having released’

• राक्षसम्: the Rakshasa (demon)
• राक्षसम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (object of ‘vimucya’)

• शक्तिः: the javelin
• शक्तिः: कर्ता (Kartā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वयि: on you
• त्वयि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa; target locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: कर्ता (Kartā; apposition to ‘śaktiḥ’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विनिपात्यते: will fall upon / strike
• विनिपात्यते: क्रिया (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√pat (धातु √पत्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग-सम्भव: ‘falls/strikes down (upon)’

Context

"Lakshmana! You are proud of your might of rescuing Vibheeshana. Now this javelin released from me will strike at you."

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• śakti (spear/javelin)

FAQs

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

Adharma speaks through pride and threat: valor is mocked as ‘boasting,’ and protection of the good is met with vengeance.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa, angered by Vibhīṣaṇa’s rescue, declares he will redirect his spear against Lakṣmaṇa.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Lakṣmaṇa’s steadfast defense is contrasted with Rāvaṇa’s pride-driven hostility.