Shloka 17

युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्

Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents

Devanagari script

अद्ययूथप्रचण्डानांहरीणांद्रुमयोधिनाम् ।मुक्तेनैकेषुणायुद्धेभेत्स्यामि च शतंशतम् ।।6.96.17।।

Transliteration

adya yūtha-pracaṇḍānāṃ harīṇāṃ drumayodhinām | muktenaik-eṣuṇā yuddhe bhetsyāmi ca śataṃ śatam ||6.96.17||

Translation

ഇന്ന് യുദ്ധത്തിൽ, വൃക്ഷങ്ങളെ ആയുധമാക്കി പോരാടുന്ന കൂട്ടമായി പ്രചണ്ഡരായ വാനരന്മാരെ ഞാൻ വിട്ട ഓരോ അമ്പുകൊണ്ടും നൂറു നൂറായി കുത്തിത്തുളച്ച് വീഴ്ത്തും—എന്നു രാവണൻ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• यूथप्रचण्डानाम्: of troop-fierce
• यूथप्रचण्डानाम्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यूथ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यूथेषु प्रचण्डाः = fierce in troops); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of हरीणाम्)

• हरीणाम्: of monkeys
• हरीणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• द्रुमयोधिनाम्: tree-fighters
• द्रुमयोधिनाम्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक) + योधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्रुमैः योधिनः = fighting with trees); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of हरीणाम्)

• मुक्तेन: released
• मुक्तेन: करण-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘released’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of एकेषुणा)

• एकेषुणा: with a single arrow
• एकेषुणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + इषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (एकः इषुः = one arrow); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भेत्स्यामि: I will pierce/split
• भेत्स्यामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म (measure/object-count)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (reduplicated for distributive sense)

• शतम्: a hundred (each)
• शतम्: कर्म (measure/object-count)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each hundred)

Context

"Today in the combat each one of the arrows released by me will pierce through one hundred monkeys vehemently fighting with trees"

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Hari (monkey-warriors)
• druma (trees)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how pride exaggerates and devalues life. Dharma upholds the worth of beings and condemns boasting that treats mass killing as achievement.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa attempts to intimidate by claiming superhuman lethality against the vānaras.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The vānara virtue implied is fearlessness and devotion in dharmic service; Rāvaṇa’s speech foregrounds arrogance rather than valor guided by righteousness.