Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 12

अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्

Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens

Devanagari script

ससिंहापचित्कन्धःशार्दूलसमविक्रमः ।।।।तानुत्पातानचिन्स्सैवनिर्जगामरणाजिरम् ।

Transliteration

sa-siṃhāpacit-kandhaḥ śārdūla-sama-vikramaḥ |

tān utpātān acintya sa eva nirjagāma raṇājiram ||6.55.12||

Translation

ခြင်္သေ့ကဲ့သို့ ပခုံးခိုင်မာ၍ ကျားကဲ့သို့ သတ္တိဗလရှိသူသည် ထိုအမင်္ဂလာလက္ခဏာများကို မစဉ်းစားမိဘဲ စစ်မြေပြင်သို့ ထွက်ခွာသွား၏။

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• siṃhāpacitkandhaḥ: whose shoulders were lion-like
• siṃhāpacitkandhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siṃha-apacita-skandha (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + अपचित + स्कन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'यस्य स्कन्धौ सिंहापचितौ'

• śārdūlasamavikramaḥ: whose valor equaled a tiger's
• śārdūlasamavikramaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śārdūla-sama-vikrama (प्रातिपदिक; शार्दूल + सम + विक्रम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'यस्य विक्रमः शार्दूलसमः'

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म

• utpātān: evil omens
• utpātān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म

• acint: did not consider
• acint: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cint (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; नकारार्थः प्रसङ्गात्—'अचिन्त्' = did not heed

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोग (emphatic)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis/only)

• nirjagāma: went out
• nirjagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• raṇājiram: battlefield
• raṇājiram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa-ajira (प्रातिपदिक; रण + अजिर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (destination)

Context

He whose shoulders were developed like that of a lion, who equalled tiger in valour, went forth not minding the evil portents.

Characters & Entities

• Battlefield (raṇājira)

FAQs

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

Courage without discernment can become recklessness: dharma is not only bravery in battle but also wise judgment about when and how to fight.

What is the narrative situation?

Despite ominous signs, the warrior proceeds straight into combat.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Physical heroism is described, but the verse also implicitly critiques lack of prudence (viveka) in dismissing warnings.