Shloka 28

ऐन्द्ररथप्रदानम्

Indra’s Chariot Offered to Rāma; The Duel Intensifies

Devanagari script

अस्त्रेप्रतिहतेक्रुद्धोरावणोराक्षसाधिपः ।अभ्यवर्षत्तदारामंघोराभिःशरवृष्टिभिः ।।।।

Transliteration

astre pratihate kruddho rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ |

abhyavarṣat tadā rāmaṃ ghorābhiḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ||

Translation

ଅସ୍ତ୍ର ପ୍ରତିହତ ହେବାରୁ କ୍ରୁଦ୍ଧ ରାକ୍ଷସାଧିପ ରାବଣ ସେତେବେଳେ ଘୋର ଶରବୃଷ୍ଟି ଦ୍ୱାରା ରାମଙ୍କୁ ଆବୃତ କରି ବର୍ଷାଇଲା।

Word by Word

• अस्त्रे: when the weapon (was)
• अस्त्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• प्रतिहते: having been repelled
• प्रतिहते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-√han (हन्) → pratihata (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘repelled/struck back’; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with अस्त्रे

• क्रुद्धः: enraged
• क्रुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh क्रुध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP used adjectivally

• रावणः: Ravana
• रावणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राक्षस-अधिपः: lord of the Rakshasas
• राक्षस-अधिपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राक्षसानाम् अधिपः)

• अभ्यवर्षत्: rained upon/covered
• अभ्यवर्षत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√vṛṣ (वृष्)
• Form: लङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• घोराभिः: terrible
• घोराभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying शरवृष्टिभिः)

• शर-वृष्टिभिः: with showers of arrows
• शर-वृष्टिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (शराणां वृष्टिः)

Context

King of Rakshasas knocked back, became enraged and covered Rama with a terrific shower of shafts.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Rāma
• Rākṣasas
• arrows (śara)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) arises when one’s power is checked; Dharma warns that anger clouds judgment and drives escalation, whereas the righteous ideal is steadiness under provocation.

What is the narrative situation?

In the battlefield duel, Rāvaṇa’s weapons are countered; enraged, he intensifies the assault by showering Rāma with arrows.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

By contrast to Rāvaṇa’s anger, Rāma’s implied virtue is kṣānti and dhairya—patient endurance and composure under attack.