Shloka 15

Kuberasaras-darśana (Bhīma beholds Kubera’s guarded lotus-lake) / कुबेरसरः-दर्शनम्

Devanagari script

त्वमेव शक्तस्तां लड़कां सयोधां सहवाहनाम्‌ | स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य विनाशयितुमज्जसा,“आप तो अकेले ही अपने बाहुबलका आश्रय लेकर योद्धाओं और वाहनोंसहित समूची लंकाको अनायास नष्ट कर सकते थे

Transliteration

vaishampāyana uvāca | tvam eva śaktas tāṃ laṅkāṃ sayodhāṃ sahavāhanām | svabāhubalam āśritya vināśayitum ajjasā ||

Translation

ท่านเพียงผู้เดียว อาศัยกำลังแห่งพาหุของตน ก็สามารถทำลายลังกาทั้งสิ้นได้โดยง่าย พร้อมทั้งเหล่านักรบและพาหนะทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

त्वम्you

एवindeed/alone/only

शक्तःable/capable

ताम्that (her/it)

लङ्काम्Lanka (the city)

सयोधाम्together with warriors/defenders

सहwith

वाहनैःwith vehicles/mounts

स्वone's own

बाहुबलम्strength of (one's) arms

आश्रित्यhaving relied on/taking refuge in

विनाशयितुम्to destroy

अज्जसाeasily/straightaway

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Laṅkā

warriors (yodhāḥ)

vehicles/mounts (vāhanāni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that mere capability is not the highest standard; ethical action involves restraint and alignment with a rightful purpose (dharma), rather than using power simply because one can.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana remarks that the addressed hero had sufficient personal strength to destroy Laṅkā along with its defenders and their conveyances, emphasizing extraordinary prowess while implicitly contrasting it with the chosen course of action.