Shloka 13

अस्त्रप्रदानम्

Bestowal of Divine Astras to Rama

Devanagari script

वैद्याधरं महास्त्रं च नन्दनं नाम नामतः।असिरत्नं महाबाहो ददामि च नृपात्मज।।।।

Transliteration

vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca nandanaṃ nāma nāmataḥ |

asiratnaṃ mahābāho dadāmi ca nṛpātmaja ||1.27.13||

Translation

လက်တံကြီးမြတ်သော မင်းသား၊ မင်း၏သားတော်ရေ—နာမအားဖြင့် ‘နန္ဒန’ ဟူသော ဝိုင်ဒျာဓရ (Vaidyādhara) မဟာအာஸ္တရကိုလည်း ပေးအပ်တော်မူ၏၊ ထို့ပြင် မယှဉ်နိုင်သော အစိရတ္န (Asiratna) မဏိရောင်တောက်ပသည့် ဓားမြတ်ကိုပါ ပေးအပ်တော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• कङ्कालम्: Kankāla (weapon)
• कङ्कालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुसलम्: pestle/club
• मुसलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मुसलम्/कङ्कालम्/कङ्कणम् विशेषयति)

• कापालम्: Kāpāla (skull-weapon)
• कापालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अण्-प्रत्यय (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तद्धित-नाम (kāpāla = skull-weapon/kapāla)

• अथ: and then
• अथ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (then/and)

• कङ्कणम्: Kankaṇa (weapon/armlet)
• कङ्कणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्कण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धारयन्ति: they bear/hold
• धारयन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• असुराः: asuras
• असुराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यानि: which (those)
• यानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative: which)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वशः: entirely
• सर्वशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (in every way/entirely)

Context

O mighty-armed prince, I shall grant mahaastra, vaidyadhara and and an excellent scimitar known as nandana.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Rāma
• Nandana (astra-name)

FAQs

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

Royal power is legitimized through right transmission and purpose: weapons serve the protection of subjects and sages, aligning strength with dharma.

What is the narrative situation?

Viśvāmitra continues the consecrated gifting of astras, including a named great weapon and a superior sword.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Fitness for kingship: being addressed as nṛpātmaja underscores Rāma’s destined responsibility to wield force justly.