Shloka 26

कुम्भकर्णोपदेशः

Kumbhakarna’s Counsel and War-Boast to Ravana

Devanagari script

ममापनयजंदोषंविक्रमेणसमीकुरु ।यदिखल्वस्तिमेस्नेहोविक्रमंवाऽवगच्छसि ।।6.63.26।।यदिवकार्यंमेतत्तेहृदिकार्यतमंमतम् ।

Transliteration

mamāpanayajaṃ doṣaṃ vikrameṇa samīkuru | yadi khalv asti me sneho vikramaṃ vā ’vagacchasi ||6.63.26|| yadi vā kāryaṃ me tat te hṛdi kāryatamaṃ matam |

Translation

โทษที่บังเกิดแก่ข้าพเจ้า จงแก้ให้ถูกต้องด้วยวีรบารมีของท่าน หากท่านมีความรักใคร่ต่อข้าพเจ้าแท้ หรือท่านตระหนักถึงความกล้าหาญของตน ก็จงกระทำเพื่อกิจของข้าพเจ้า ตามที่ท่านเห็นในดวงใจว่าเป็นการกระทำอันจำเป็นยิ่ง

Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular (of me)

• अपनय: remove
• अपनय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप√नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; remove!

• जम्: arisen
• जम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies दोषम्; born/produced (here: arisen)

• दोषम्: fault/evil
• दोषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• विक्रमेण: by valor
• विक्रमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• समीकुरु: set right
• समीकुरु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+ई√कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; make right/settle/neutralize

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional: if)

• खलु: indeed
• खलु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अनुनयार्थक-निपात (indeed/surely)

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; is/exists

• मे: for me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; enclitic; here षष्ठी (of me)

• स्नेहः: affection
• स्नेहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; nominative singular

• विक्रमम्: valor
• विक्रमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of अवगच्छसि

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• अवगच्छसि: you understand
• अवगच्छसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; you understand/recognize

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• कार्यम्: a task/duty
• कार्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; what is to be done

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; of me

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; that

• ते: to you/of you
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; enclitic; here षष्ठी (of you) or dative (to you) contextually

• हृदि: in (your) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular

• कार्यतमम्: most to-be-done/most urgent
• कार्यतमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्यतम (प्रातिपदिक: कार्य + तमप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; superlative (तमप्)

• मतम्: considered (right)
• मतम्: Kriya-puraka (क्रियापूरक/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त) used predicatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; deemed/considered

Context

"If at all there is any affection in you for me now, you recognize your strengths and think what action is justified in your heart. You may nullify the evil that sprung from my heart."

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa (Daśagrīva)
• Kumbhakarṇa

FAQs

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

It shows a conflicted ethic: seeking to remedy consequences through force rather than through truth-aligned restitution; dharma prioritizes correction rooted in satya.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa presses Kumbhakarṇa to use his valor to neutralize the crisis created by Rāvaṇa’s own wrongdoing.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Kumbhakarṇa’s expected loyalty and courage are invoked; the verse spotlights the tension between familial duty and moral rightness.