Shloka 42

Śatrughna’s Entry into Ahicchatrā

Temptation of Sumada and the Goddess’s Boon

Devanagari script

एष राजा समर्थोऽपि बलवाहनसंयुतः । न ग्रहीष्यति ते वाहं महामायासुशिक्षितः

Transliteration

eṣa rājā samartho'pi balavāhanasaṃyutaḥ | na grahīṣyati te vāhaṃ mahāmāyāsuśikṣitaḥ

Translation

Este rei, embora capaz e dotado de força e veículos, não tomará a tua montaria, pois foi bem instruído nos caminhos da Grande Ilusão, Mahāmāyā.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशक (this)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समर्थः: capable
• समर्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (राजा)

• अपि: even, although
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवाद (particle: even/also)

• बल: strength, army
• बल: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समास-पूर्वपद)

• वाहन: vehicle, mount
• वाहन: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समास-पूर्वपद)

• संयुतः: endowed with forces and vehicles
• संयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘संयुत’; तत्पुरुष-समास (बल-वाहन-संयुत); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (राजा)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• ग्रहीष्यति: will seize, will take
• ग्रहीष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (or चतुर्थी singular in some contexts); here षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध

• वाहम्: mount/vehicle (horse)
• वाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महा: great
• महा: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-पूर्वपद

• माया: illusion, magic
• माया: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समास-पूर्वपद)

• सुशिक्षितः: well-trained in great magic
• सुशिक्षितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + शिक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘शिक्षित’; कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (महा-माया-सु-शिक्षित = ‘well-trained in great magic’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (राजा/एषः)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent narrator/speaker within the dialogue of Pātāla-khaṇḍa 13)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: समर्थोऽपि = समर्थः + अपि. balavāhanasaṃyutaḥ is treated as बल-वाहन-संयुतः. te is taken as genitive ‘your’ with vāham.

FAQs

What is implied by calling the king 'mahāmāyāsuśikṣitaḥ'?

It suggests he is disciplined and discerning—trained to recognize deceptive impulses or illusions—so he will not act unjustly (such as forcibly taking another’s mount).

Does the verse praise power or restraint?

It acknowledges power (samartha, balavāhanasaṃyuta) but highlights ethical restraint: despite capability, he will not seize what belongs to another.

What ethical lesson does this verse convey?

True strength includes self-control; righteousness is shown when one refrains from wrongful appropriation even when one has the power to do so.