Shloka 18

रामरावणयोर्युद्धवैषम्यं तथा रावणशिरश्छेदनम्

Rama–Ravana Duel Intensifies; Ravana’s Heads Severed and Reappear

Devanagari script

क्षुब्दानांसागराणां च पातालतलवासिनः ।व्यथितादानवाःसर्वेपन्नगाश्चसहस्रशः ।।।।

Transliteration

kṣubdhānāṃ sāgarāṇāṃ ca pātālatala-vāsinaḥ |

vyathitā dānavāḥ sarve pannagāś ca sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อมหาสมุทรปั่นป่วน เหล่าสัตว์ผู้สถิตในบาดาลก็หวั่นไหว; บรรดาทานวะทั้งปวง และพญานาคนับพันต่างกระสับกระส่าย

Word by Word

• चकम्पे: shook, trembled
• चकम्पे: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘she shook’

• मेदिनी: the earth
• मेदिनी: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृत्स्ना: entire
• कृत्स्ना: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मेदिनी इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सशैलवनकानना: with its mountains, forests, and groves
• सशैलवनकानना: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गवत्) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स-पूर्वक तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहिसदृश विशेषण (with mountains, forests, and groves), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मेदिनी-विशेषण

• भास्करः: the sun
• भास्करः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निष्प्रभः: without radiance
• निष्प्रभः: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भास्कर-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (and)

• आसीत्: was, became
• आसीत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘was/became’

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• ववौ: blew
• ववौ: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘blew’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (and)

• अपि: even
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• मारुतः: the wind
• मारुतः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Context

By the agitation and sounds in the seas, all the Danavas and snakes in thousands inhabiting the seas got distressed.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Dānavas
• Pannagas (serpents)

FAQs

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

Dharma is portrayed as a stabilizing order: when it is violently contested, even distant realms feel the shock—teaching that moral disorder has wide-ranging consequences.

What is the narrative situation?

The oceanic upheaval spreads fear to netherworld inhabitants—Dānavas and serpents.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Implicitly, responsibility: great actors in history (heroes and kings) affect not only themselves but the entire world-system.