Shloka 13

अरण्यकाण्डे द्वात्रिंशः सर्गः

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

Devanagari script

सर्वदिव्यास्त्रयोक्तारं यज्ञविघ्नकरं सदा।पुरीं भोगवतीं प्राप्य पराजित्य च वासुकिम्।।।।तक्षकस्य प्रियां भार्यां पराजित्य जहार यः।

Transliteration

sarvadivyāstrayoktāraṃ yajñavighnakaraṃ sadā | purīṃ bhogavatīṃ prāpya parājitya ca vāsukim ||

takṣakasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ parājitya jahāra yaḥ || 3.32.13 ||

Translation

เขาชำนาญในการใช้อาวุธทิพย์ทั้งปวง และเป็นผู้ขัดขวางพิธียัญอยู่เสมอ ครั้นไปถึงนครโภควตีและปราบวาสุกีแล้ว เขายังปราบทักษกะและฉกชิงภรรยาผู้เป็นที่รักของทักษกะไป

Word by Word

• sarva-divya-astra-yoktāram: user of all divine weapons
• sarva-divya-astra-yoktāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + divya (प्रातिपदिक) + astra (प्रातिपदिक) + yoktṛ (प्रातिपदिक; from √yuj)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: sarvāṇi divyāni astrāṇi yo yojayati saḥ (one who employs all divine missiles)

• yajña-vighna-karam: obstructor of sacrifices
• yajña-vighna-karam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक; from √kṛ)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: yajñānāṃ vighnaṃ karoti iti (causing obstacles to sacrifices)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (कालवाचक): 'always'

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• bhogavatīm: Bhogavatī (name of the city)
• bhogavatīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhogavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; proper name qualifying purīm

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्): prāpya = having reached

• parājitya: having defeated
• parājitya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: para-ā-√ji (जि धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: absolutive (क्त्वा): 'having defeated'

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

• vāsukim: Vāsuki
• vāsukim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsuki (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; proper noun

• takṣakasya: of Takṣaka
• takṣakasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; proper noun

• priyām: dear
• priyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifying bhāryām

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• parājitya: having defeated
• parājitya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: para-ā-√ji (जि धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: absolutive (क्त्वा): 'having defeated' (again, with implied object)

• jahāra: carried off/abducted
• jahāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (लङ्; past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथम), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; relative pronoun

Context

He who could employ all divine weapons, disrupt sacrifices, had gone to the city of Bhogavati, defeated Vasuki and abducted the dear wife of Takshaka.

Characters & Entities

• Divine weapons (divyāstra)
• Yajña (sacrifice)
• Vāsuki
• Takṣaka
• Rāvaṇa (implied subject)

FAQs

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

Sacrifice (yajña) symbolizes cosmic and social order; obstructing it and abducting another’s wife are portrayed as acts that fracture dharma and invite inevitable consequence.

What is the narrative situation?

A catalog of Rāvaṇa’s prior transgressions and victories is presented to underline his boldness and moral decline.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Strategic power and mastery of weapons, but framed as misused strength—capability severed from satya and dharma.