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Shloka 74

कुम्भकर्णवधः

The Slaying of Kumbhakarna

Devanagari script

एवंगृहीतेसुग्रीवेकिंकर्तव्यंमयाभवेत् ।।।।यद्वैन्यायंमयाकर्तुंतत्करिष्यामिसर्वधा ।भूत्वापर्वतसङ्काशोनाशयिष्यामिराक्षसम् ।।।।

Transliteration

evaṃ gṛhīte sugrīve kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā bhavet ||

yad vai nyāyaṃ mayā kartuṃ tat kariṣyāmi sarvadhā |

bhūtvā parvata-saṅkāśo nāśayiṣyāmi rākṣasam ||

Translation

സുഗ്രീവൻ പിടിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കെ, ഇനി ഞാൻ എന്തു ചെയ്യണം? എനിക്കു ചെയ്യേണ്ട നീതിയുള്ള ധർമ്മകർമ്മം എന്താണോ, അതു ഞാൻ എപ്പോഴും നിർബന്ധമായി ചെയ്യും. പർവ്വതസമമായ പരാക്രമത്തോടെ ആ രാക്ഷസനെ ഞാൻ നശിപ്പിക്കും.

Word by Word
evamthus/in this way
evam:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, manner adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
gṛhīte(when) captured
gṛhīte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√grah (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th), Singular, Masculine; ‘when (he is) seized’
sugrīvein/when Sugriva (is)
sugrīve:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th), Singular
kimwhat
kim:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; interrogative
kartavyamto be done/duty
kartavyam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate with bhavet
mayāby me
mayā:
Kartr (कर्ता-हेतु/कर्तृकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd), Singular; agent (कर्ता) in obligation
bhavetshould be
bhavet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada
yatthat which
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
nyāyyamproper/just
nyāyyam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnyāyya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective to yat
mayāby me
mayā:
Kartr (कर्ता-हेतु/कर्तृकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd), Singular
kartumto do
kartum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to do’
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; correlating with yat
kariṣyāmiI will do
kariṣyāmi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormFuture (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada
sarvadhāin every way/always
sarvadhā:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvadhā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (सर्वप्रकारेण)
bhūtvāhaving become
bhūtvā:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having become’
parvata-saṅkāśaḥmountain-like
parvata-saṅkāśaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparvata + saṅkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘parvatasya saṅkāśaḥ’ = like a mountain; predicate/qualifier of implied ‘aham’
nāśayiṣyāmiI will destroy
nāśayiṣyāmi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootṇi-√naś (धातु)
FormCausative future (णिच् + लृट्), 1st person, Singular; Parasmaipada
rākṣasamthe Rakshasa (Kumbhakarna)
rākṣasam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
Context

'Sugriva has been caught. What is my duty now? I will do what is just. I will destroy that Rakshasa who is in the form of a mountain', thought Maruti.

Characters & Entities
H
Hanumān
S
Sugrīva
K
Kumbhakarṇa (implied as the Rākṣasa)
R
Rākṣasa

FAQs

Dharma is framed as doing what is nyāya (just and proper) even under pressure; Satya appears as fidelity to one’s responsibility—Hanumān commits to the right action, not the convenient one.

Sugrīva has been captured; Hanumān forms an immediate plan to counter Kumbhakarṇa and rescue the situation.

Hanumān’s decisive courage guided by righteousness—strength is explicitly subordinated to nyāya (the just course).

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