Shloka 93

युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः

War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates

Devanagari script

रावणस्तुपरंचक्रेक्रोधंप्रासादधर्षणात् ।विनाशंचात्मनःपश्यन्निश्श्वासपरमोऽभवत् ।।6.41.93।।

Transliteration

rāvaṇas tu paraṃ cakre krodhaṃ prāsādadharṣaṇāt | vināśaṃ cātmanaḥ paśyan niḥśvāsaparamo 'bhavat || 6.41.93 ||

Translation

പ്രാസാദത്തിന് നേരെയുണ്ടായ അപമാനത്തിൽ രാവണൻ അത്യന്തം ക്രോധിച്ചു ജ്വലിച്ചു; സ്വന്തം വിനാശം മുൻകൂട്ടി കണ്ടു, അവൻ ഗാഢവും ഭാരവുമായ നിശ്വാസങ്ങളിൽ മുങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• rāvaṇaḥ: Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• param: excessive, intense
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; used adverbially with krodham: 'exceeding'

• cakre: made/assumed
• cakre: Kriyā (मुख्य-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Ātmanepada

• krodham: anger
• krodham: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• prāsāda-dharṣaṇāt: because of the palace-assault
• prāsāda-dharṣaṇāt: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक) + dharṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa 'assaulting/shattering of the palace'; Napumsaka, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; ablative of cause

• vināśam: destruction
• vināśam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

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

• ātmanaḥ: of himself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• paśyan: seeing
• paśyan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paśyat (कृदन्त, शतृ from √dṛś/paśy)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with rāvaṇaḥ

• niḥśvāsa-paramaḥ: given over to sighs
• niḥśvāsa-paramaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥśvāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya: 'having sighing as the utmost/being chiefly sighing'; Masculine, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate adjective of rāvaṇaḥ

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriyā (मुख्य-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्, imperfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

Context

Ravana exhibiting extreme anger at the shattering of his palace and seeing his destruction started sighing heavily.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• prāsāda (palace)

FAQs

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

Unrighteous power is sustained by ego-symbols; when those symbols are shaken, inner fear surfaces—adharma ultimately collapses under its own foreseen consequences.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa reacts to the humiliating assault on his palace, oscillating between rage and a dawning sense of impending defeat.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

By contrast (through Rāvaṇa’s agitation), the text highlights steadiness as a virtue; uncontrolled anger is shown as a mark of moral weakness.