Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 67, Shloka 74

कुम्भकर्णवधः

The Slaying of Kumbhakarna

Devanagari script

एवंगृहीतेसुग्रीवेकिंकर्तव्यंमयाभवेत् ।।।।यद्वैन्यायंमयाकर्तुंतत्करिष्यामिसर्वधा ।भूत्वापर्वतसङ्काशोनाशयिष्यामिराक्षसम् ।।।।

Transliteration

evaṃ gṛhīte sugrīve kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā bhavet ||

yad vai nyāyaṃ mayā kartuṃ tat kariṣyāmi sarvadhā |

bhūtvā parvata-saṅkāśo nāśayiṣyāmi rākṣasam ||

Translation

సుగ్రీవుడు పట్టుబడినప్పుడు నేను ఏమి చేయాలి? నాకు న్యాయంగా, ధర్మంగా చేయవలసినదేదో దానిని నేను తప్పక చేస్తాను. పర్వతసమాన పరాక్రమంతో ఆ రాక్షసుణ్ని సంహరిస్తాను.

Word by Word

• evam: thus/in this way
• evam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, manner adverb (प्रकारवाचक)

• gṛhīte: (when) captured
• gṛhīte: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th), Singular, Masculine; ‘when (he is) seized’

• sugrīve: in/when Sugriva (is)
• sugrīve: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• kim: what
• kim: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; interrogative

• kartavyam: to be done/duty
• kartavyam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate with bhavet

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr (कर्ता-हेतु/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd), Singular; agent (कर्ता) in obligation

• bhavet: should be
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)

• nyāyyam: proper/just
• nyāyyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nyāyya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective to yat

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr (कर्ता-हेतु/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to do’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; correlating with yat

• kariṣyāmi: I will do
• kariṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada

• sarvadhā: in every way/always
• sarvadhā: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (सर्वप्रकारेण)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having become’

• parvata-saṅkāśaḥ: mountain-like
• parvata-saṅkāśaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parvata + saṅkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘parvatasya saṅkāśaḥ’ = like a mountain; predicate/qualifier of implied ‘aham’

• nāśayiṣyāmi: I will destroy
• nāśayiṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ṇi-√naś (धातु)
• Form: Causative future (णिच् + लृट्), 1st person, Singular; Parasmaipada

• rākṣasam: the Rakshasa (Kumbhakarna)
• rākṣasam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

Context

'Sugriva has been caught. What is my duty now? I will do what is just. I will destroy that Rakshasa who is in the form of a mountain', thought Maruti.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Sugrīva
• Kumbhakarṇa (implied as the Rākṣasa)
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

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

Dharma is framed as doing what is nyāya (just and proper) even under pressure; Satya appears as fidelity to one’s responsibility—Hanumān commits to the right action, not the convenient one.

What is the narrative situation?

Sugrīva has been captured; Hanumān forms an immediate plan to counter Kumbhakarṇa and rescue the situation.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s decisive courage guided by righteousness—strength is explicitly subordinated to nyāya (the just course).