Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अद्य वालिसमुत्थं ते भयं वैरं च वानर।एकेनाहं प्रमोक्ष्यामि बाणमोक्षेण संयुगे4.14.10।।

Transliteration

adya vāli-samutthaṃ te bhayaṃ vairaṃ ca vānara | ekenāhaṃ pramokṣyāmi bāṇa-mokṣeṇa saṃyuge ||

Translation

హే వానరా! నేడు యుద్ధంలో వాలివలన పుట్టిన భయం, వైరం—ఇవన్నీ నిన్ను నుండి తొలగించి, ఒక్క బాణప్రయోగంతోనే నిన్ను విముక్తుని చేస్తాను।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• वालि-समुत्थम्: arisen from Vali
• वालि-समुत्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वालि (प्रातिपदिक) + समुत्थ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वालेः समुत्थम् = arising from Vali)

• ते: your/to you (context: your)
• ते: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; pronoun ‘of you/your’

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वानर: O monkey
• वानर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• एकेन: by a single (one)
• एकेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by/with one (single)’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; pronoun ‘I’

• प्रमोक्ष्यामि: I will release/deliver (you from)
• प्रमोक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बाण-मोक्षेण: by the release of an arrow
• बाण-मोक्षेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बाणस्य मोक्षः = release of an arrow)

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Context

'O monkey, with the release of a single arrow in the combat, I shall dispel your fear and enmity (hatred) for Vali.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sugrīva
• Vāli
• bāṇa (arrow)

FAQs

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

Dharma as protection of the afflicted: Rāma frames his intervention as removing fear and wrongful oppression, aligning power with the duty to safeguard allies.

What is the narrative situation?

Before Sugrīva challenges Vāli, Rāma assures him that he will neutralize Vāli with a single arrow during the combat.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Reliability and resolve—Rāma’s steady commitment to defend an ally and act decisively.