Shloka 14

महापार्श्वस्य परामर्शः

Mahāpārśva’s Counsel and Rāvaṇa’s Confession of Brahmā’s Curse

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृतियामन्याबलान्नारींगमिष्यसि ।तदातेशतधामूर्धाफलिष्यतिनसंशयः ।।।।

Transliteration

adya prabhṛti yām anyāṃ balān nārīṃ gamiṣyasi |

tadā te śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

ഇന്നു മുതൽ നീ ഏതെങ്കിലും സ്ത്രീയെ ബലമായി പ്രാപിച്ചാൽ, നിന്റെ തല നൂറു കഷ്ണങ്ങളായി ചിതറും; അതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb): today

• प्रभृति: from (onwards)
• प्रभृति: कालाधिकरण (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भ-अव्यय (from ... onwards)

• याम्: whom/which (time)
• याम्: कर्म (कर्म/Relative object-time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular; correlates with tadā

• अन्याम्: another, other
• अन्याम्: विशेषण (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular; qualifies nārīm

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: अपादान (अपादान/Ablative cause-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; Ablative singular; adverbial: by force

• नारीम्: a woman
• नारीम्: कर्म (कर्म/Direct object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• गमिष्यसि: you will go to/approach
• गमिष्यसि: क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/लृट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (then)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन; Genitive singular

• शतधा: into a hundred pieces
• शतधा: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (manner): into a hundred parts

• मूर्धा: head
• मूर्धा: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• फलिष्यति: will split/burst
• फलिष्यति: क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: फल् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• न: no/not
• न: सम्बन्ध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: प्रत्ययार्थ (भाव/Idiomatic predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular; used idiomatically with na

Context

"Thus, frightened on account of his curse, I do not perforce to get her to my lustrous bed."

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

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

Dharma protects bodily autonomy and condemns coercion: violence against women is met with immediate, divinely enforced consequence.

What is the narrative situation?

Brahmā issues a punitive constraint on Rāvaṇa, specifically targeting his tendency to pursue women forcibly.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The virtue upheld is respect and non-violence (ahiṃsā) toward women; the verse also underscores divine guardianship of dharma.