Shloka 45

अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः

Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha

Devanagari script

सबाणचापखड्गौ च तीक्ष्णशृङ्गाविवर्षभौ।।।।ममास्यमनुसम्प्राप्तौ दुर्लभं जीवितं पुनः।

Transliteration

sabāṇacāpakhaḍgau ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāv iva vṛṣabhau |

mamāsyam anusamprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

“พร้อมด้วยศร คันศร และดาบ—ดุจโคอุสุภะสองตัวมีเขาคม—พวกเจ้าเข้ามาถึงในขากรรไกรของเราแล้ว; บัดนี้ชีวิตจักยากจะได้คืน”

Word by Word

• स-बाण-चाप-खड्गौ: with arrows, bow, and sword
• स-बाण-चाप-खड्गौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ 'with') + बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + चाप (प्रातिपदिक) + खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (with arrows, bow, and sword)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• तीक्ष्ण-शृङ्गौ: sharp-horned
• तीक्ष्ण-शृङ्गौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; कर्मधारय

• इव: like
• इव: Upamāna (उपमान/Simile)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (simile marker)

• ऋषभौ: two bulls
• ऋषभौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आस्यम्: mouth
• आस्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुसम्प्राप्तौ: have come into / reached
• अनुसम्प्राप्तौ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) → अनुसम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; 'having come into/reached'

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'jīvitam')

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुनः: again / now
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Context

Holding bows, arrows and swords, looking like bulls with pointed horns you have entered my mouth. It is impossible for you to live any more.

Characters & Entities

• Kabandha
• Rama
• Lakshmana
• weapons (bow, arrows, sword)

FAQs

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

Dharma must confront coercion: when violence claims inevitability (‘you cannot live’), righteousness answers through courage and rightful resistance.

What is the narrative situation?

Kabandha boasts that the brothers have effectively fallen into his grasp and declares their death certain.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Fearless readiness—though threatened with death, the brothers are depicted as powerful and fully armed.