Shloka 10

अरण्यकाण्डे द्वात्रिंशः सर्गः

Śūrpaṇakhā’s Report to Rāvaṇa and the Panegyric of His Might

Devanagari script

विष्णुचक्रनिपातैश्च शतशो देवसंयुगे।अन्यैश्शस्त्रप्रहारैश्च महायुद्धेषु ताडितम्।।।।

Transliteration

viṣṇucakranipātaiś ca śataśo devasaṃyuge | anyaiḥ śastraprahāraiś ca mahāyuddheṣu tāḍitam || 3.32.10 ||

Translation

ในสงครามกับเหล่าเทพ เขาเคยถูกจักรของพระวิษณุตกกระทบเป็นร้อยครั้ง และในมหายุทธก็ถูกกระหน่ำด้วยแรงฟันแทงจากอาวุธนานาประการ

Word by Word

• viṣṇu-cakra-nipātaiḥ: by the strikes of Viṣṇu's discus
• viṣṇu-cakra-nipātaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + nipāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: viṣṇoḥ cakrasya nipātāḥ (by the blows/falls of Viṣṇu's discus)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय अव्यय), conjunction

• śataśaḥ: hundreds of times
• śataśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण): 'in hundreds/many times'

• deva-saṃyuge: in the war with the gods
• deva-saṃyuge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: devānāṃ saṃyugaḥ (in the war with the gods)

• anyaiḥ: by other
• anyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga/Napumsaka, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; used adjectivally with prahāraiḥ (by other)

• śastra-prahāraiḥ: by weapon-blows
• śastra-prahāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक) + prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: śastrāṇāṃ prahārāḥ (by weapon-strikes)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta, conjunction

• mahā-yuddheṣu: in great battles
• mahā-yuddheṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī, Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya: mahāni yuddhāni (in great battles)

• tāḍitam: struck/beaten
• tāḍitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tāḍ (ताड् धातु) + tāḍita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta: past passive participle (क्त/ktá); Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'one who has been struck'

Context

He was hit by the wheel of Visnu for hundreds of times during great wars and beaten by other weapons.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Devas (gods)
• Rāvaṇa (implied subject)

FAQs

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

Even immense power and battle-survival do not equal righteousness; dharma judges intent and conduct, not merely invincibility.

What is the narrative situation?

The narration builds Rāvaṇa’s formidable reputation, explaining why his arrogance and threat feel consequential within the story.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Martial endurance and fearsome prowess (a neutral capability), shown here as a backdrop to later moral failure.