Shloka 34

रावण–रामयुद्धप्रारम्भः

The Intensification of the Rama–Ravana Duel

Devanagari script

ततःसंसक्तहस्तस्तुरावणोलोकरावणः ।नराचमालांरामस्यललाटेप्रत्यमुञ्चत ।।6.100.34।।

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃsakta-hastas tu rāvaṇo loka-rāvaṇaḥ | narāca-mālāṃ rāmasya lalāṭe pratyamuñcata ||6.100.34||

Translation

అప్పుడు యుద్ధంలో చేతులు పూర్తిగా నిమగ్నమైన ‘లోకరావణుడు’ రావణుడు, రాముని లలాటంపై ఇనుప బాణాల మాలను విసిరెను.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: कालाधिकरण (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb: then/thereupon)

• संसक्तहस्तः: whose hands were engaged (in action)
• संसक्तहस्तः: विशेषण (Qualifier of rāvaṇaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-सञ्ज्/सक्त + हस्त (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ('whose hands are engaged/attached'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त 'सक्त' + 'हस्त'

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेष (particle: but/indeed)

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकरावणः: terror of the world (one who makes people cry)
• लोकरावणः: विशेषण (Qualifier/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + रावण (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('of the people' + 'causer of crying/terror'); उपाधि/विशेषणवत्

• नराचमालाम्: a row/garland of steel arrows
• नराचमालाम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराच + माला (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('steel arrow' + 'garland/row')

• रामस्य: of Rāma
• रामस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• ललाटे: on the forehead
• ललाटे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards/in return
• प्रति: दिशा/प्रति-सम्बन्ध (Directional/reciprocal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्ग/पूर्वकर्मप्रवचनीय (preverb/particle: towards/in return)

• अमुञ्चत: released/discharged
• अमुञ्चत: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः प्रति- (in sense, though written separately here)

Context

Then Ravana, who made the people cry, whose hands were engaged in the fight, discharged a row of steel arrows into Rama's forehead.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

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

The verse implicitly contrasts dharma and adharma: Rāvaṇa’s epithet ‘loka-rāvaṇa’ signals the suffering caused by unrighteous power, which dharma must confront.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa strikes first in this exchange by sending a concentrated volley of iron arrows at Rāma’s forehead.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

For Rāvaṇa, fierce martial aggression; for the narrative, the impending test of Rāma’s composure under injury.