Shloka 20

अकम्पनवधः — The Slaying of Akampana

Hanuman’s rout of the Rakshasa host

Devanagari script

सोऽश्वकर्णंसमासाद्यरोषदर्पान्वितोहरिः ।तूर्णमुत्पाटयामासमहागिरिमिवोच्छ्रितम् ।।6.56.20।।

Transliteration

so 'śvakarṇaṃ samāsādya roṣadarpānvito hariḥ |

tūrṇam utpāṭayāmāsa mahāgirim ivocchritam ||6.56.20||

Translation

แล้ววานรนักรบผู้เปี่ยมด้วยโทสะและความผยอง เข้าถึงต้นอัศวกรรณะ และรีบถอนขึ้นทั้งราก สูงตระหง่านดุจมหาภูผา

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अश्वकर्णम्: the aśvakarṇa tree
• अश्वकर्णम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वृक्षविशेषः (proper/common noun)

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्ग: सम्+आ-; धातु: सद्; अर्थे: 'having approached/reached'

• रोषदर्पान्वितः: endowed with anger and pride
• रोषदर्पान्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोषदर्पान्वित (प्रातिपदिक: रोष + दर्प + अन्वित)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त (PPP) from √अन्वि/अनु+इ 'to be endowed with' (usage as adjective); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद + तत्पुरुषः ('endowed with anger and pride'); विशेषणम् हरिः

• हरिः: the monkey (Hanumān)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उत्पाटयामास: uprooted
• उत्पाटयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पट् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) 'caused to be torn up'

• महागिरिम्: a great mountain
• महागिरिम्: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि (प्रातिपदिक: महा + गिरि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान (object of comparison)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamādyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमावाचक

• उच्छ्रितम्: lofty/raised
• उच्छ्रितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+श्रि (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त (PPP) from √श्रि/श्रय् with उद्-; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् अश्वकर्णम्

Context

He (Hanuman) filled with pride and anger quickly uprooted an Aswakarana tree as huge as a mountain and held it.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Aśvakarṇa tree

FAQs

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

It reflects the use of extraordinary power in service of a righteous cause; dharma demands that strength be directed toward protecting the just side, not toward egoistic destruction.

What is the narrative situation?

After the mountain-peak is destroyed, Hanumān chooses another improvised weapon—uprooting a massive aśvakarṇa tree.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Indomitable strength and battlefield initiative—resourcefulness in turning the environment into a means of resistance.