Shloka 51

शक्तिप्रहारः

Ravana’s Shakti Javelin and Lakshmana’s Wounding

Devanagari script

यदर्थंवानरंसैन्यंसमानीतमिदंमया ।।।।सुग्रीवश्चकृतोराज्येनिहत्वावालिनंरणे ।यदर्थम् सगरःक्रान्तःसेतुःराब्धश्चसागरे ।सोऽयमद्यरणेपापश्चक्षुर्विषमागतः ।।।।

Transliteration

yadarthaṃ vānaraṃ sainyaṃ samānītam idaṃ mayā |

sugrīvaś ca kṛto rājye nihatvā vālinam raṇe ||

yadarthaṃ sāgaraḥ krāntaḥ setuḥ rabdhaś ca sāgare |

so 'yam adya raṇe pāpaś cakṣurviṣayam āgataḥ ||

Translation

เพื่อเขานั้นข้าจึงรวบรวมกองทัพวานรนี้; เพื่อเขานั้นข้าจึงสถาปนาสุครีวะขึ้นครองราชย์หลังวาลินถูกสังหารในศึก; เพื่อเขานั้นข้ามห้วงสมุทรและเริ่มสร้างสะพานเหนือทะเล—วันนี้เอง คนบาปผู้นั้นได้เข้ามาอยู่ในระยะสายตาของข้าในสนามรบนี้แล้ว

Word by Word

चक्षुर्विषयम्range of sight

आगत्यhaving come

नnot

अयम्this (one)

जीवितुम्to live

अर्हतिis fit/deserves

दृष्टिम्sight, gaze

दृष्टिविषस्यof (one) whose sight is poison

इवlike

सर्पस्यof a snake

ममmy

रावणःRavana

यथाjust as

वाor

वैनतेयस्यof Garuda (son of Vinata)

दृष्टिम्sight, gaze

प्राप्तःhas come under / has reached

भुजङ्गमःserpent

Context

"Because of whom the Vanaras have been dragged into war, Vali was killed, and Sugriva was made king; because of whom the bridge was built on the ocean and crossed, such sinful one has come in the range of my sight today."

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Vānara army

Sugrīva

Vālin

Sāgara (the ocean)

Setu (bridge/causeway)

Rāvaṇa (implied as the ‘sinful one’)

FAQs

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

Dharma as responsibility for consequences: Rāma recognizes the vast chain of actions and alliances undertaken for justice, and he now bears the duty to finish the cause righteously.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma points to the entire campaign—alliances in Kiṣkindhā and the building of the bridge—culminating in the moment where the enemy stands before him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Strategic resolve and moral accountability: he frames the war as a purposeful, ethically driven undertaking rather than mere conquest.