Shloka 19

अकम्पन-प्रेषणम् तथा कपि-राक्षस-रणवर्णनम्

Akampana Dispatched; The Vanara–Rakshasa Battle and Omens

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यंरजसातेनकौशेयोद्धूतपाण्डुना ।।।।सम्वृतानिचभूतानिददृशुर्नरणाजिरे ।

Transliteration

anyōnyaṃ rajasā tēna kauśēyōddhūta-pāṇḍunā | saṃvṛtāni ca bhūtāni na dadṛśur raṇājirē ||

Translation

ในลานรบนั้น สรรพชีวิตถูกห่อหุ้มด้วยฝุ่นสีซีด—ดุจผ้าไหมที่สะบัดจนขาวนวล—จึงมองไม่เห็นกันและกัน

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: one another
• अन्योन्यम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (mutual sense adverb)

• रजसा: by dust
• रजसा: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: करण-विशेषण (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘रजसा’)

• कौशेयोद्धूतपाण्डुना: whitish like silk shaken (in air)
• कौशेयोद्धूतपाण्डुना: करण-विशेषण (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौशेय + उद्धूत + पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘रजसा’); समासः: कौशेयेन उद्धूतम् (silk-shaken) इव पाण्डु (whitish)

• संवृतानि: covered; enveloped
• संवृतानि: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + वृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘भूतानि’)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूतानि: beings
• भूतानि: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण + अजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः: रणस्य अजिरम् (battlefield-court)

Context

The combatants could not see one another in the battlefield, and it seemed as though white silk piece was shaken by the wind by the appearance of the surrounding dust.

Characters & Entities

• battlefield (raṇājira)

FAQs

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

Dharma depends on right perception and discrimination; when perception is clouded (literally and figuratively), ethical action becomes difficult and mistakes multiply.

What is the narrative situation?

Dust blankets the battlefield so thoroughly that fighters and other beings cannot recognize or see each other.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Discernment (viveka) is implicitly emphasized—its absence is shown as a major hazard in adharmic confusion.