Shloka 6

अकम्पनवृत्तान्तः

Akampana Reports Janasthana; Ravana Plans Sita’s Abduction

Devanagari script

कालस्य चाप्यहं कालो दहेयमपि पावकम्।मृत्युं मरणधर्मेण संयोजयितुमुत्सहे।।3.31.6।।

Transliteration

kālasya cāpy ahaṃ kālo daheyam api pāvakam | mṛtyuṃ maraṇa-dharmeṇa saṃyojayitum utsahe || 3.31.6 ||

Translation

เราคือกาลผู้ทำลายแม้กาลเอง; เราอาจเผาไหม้แม้ไฟได้ และเราสามารถผูกมฤตยูไว้กับกฎแห่งความตายได้

Word by Word

• kālasya: of Time / of Kāla
• kālasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/Masculine; षष्ठी/Genitive (6th), एकवचन/Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); प्रथमा/Nominative (1st), एकवचन/Singular

• kālaḥ: Time; the destroyer
• kālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/Masculine; प्रथमा/Nominative (1st), एकवचन/Singular; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• daheyam: I could burn / would burn
• daheyam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्/Optative; उत्तमपुरुष/1st person, एकवचन/Singular; परस्मैपद

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even)

• pāvakam: fire
• pāvakam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/Masculine; द्वितीया/Accusative (2nd), एकवचन/Singular

• mṛtyum: Death (Mṛtyu)
• mṛtyum: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/Masculine; द्वितीया/Accusative (2nd), एकवचन/Singular

• maraṇa-dharmeṇa: by the law/nature of death
• maraṇa-dharmeṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘मरणस्य धर्मः’; पुंलिङ्ग/Masculine; तृतीया/Instrumental (3rd), एकवचन/Singular

• saṃyojayitum: to unite / to yoke
• saṃyojayitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-yuj (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); causative sense in usage ‘to join/bring into union’

• utsahe: I am able / I dare
• utsahe: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-sah (धातु)
• Form: लट्/Present; उत्तमपुरुष/1st person, एकवचन/Singular; आत्मनेपद

Context

I am the destroyer of the destroyer (Yama). I can burn even that which burns (fire). Ican infuse Death with the characteristics of death itself.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Kāla (Time/Death)
• Pāvaka (Fire)

FAQs

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

The verse functions as an ethical warning: claiming supremacy over cosmic law (kāla/mṛtyu) is delusion; dharma recognizes limits, accountability, and the higher order that even kings cannot override.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa continues his self-glorifying claims of invincibility, which motivates Mārīca’s later, more vivid deterrent metaphors about Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Again, the highlighted trait is a vice—overconfidence and hubris—presented as the seed of downfall.