Shloka 12

न्यग्रोध

प्रवेश-निवारणम् (Preventing Indrajit’s Banyan-Tree Rite) / Indrajit Confronts Vibhishana

Devanagari script

न ज्ञातित्वं न सौहार्धं न जातिस्तवदुर्मते ।प्रमाणं न च सौदर्यं न धर्मोधर्मदूषण ।।6.87.12।।

Transliteration

na jñātitvaṃ na sauhārdaṃ na jātis tava durmate | pramāṇaṃ na ca saudaryaṃ na dharmo dharma-dūṣaṇa ||6.87.12||

Translation

โอ้ผู้มีใจชั่ว ผู้บ่อนทำลายธรรมะ! ในตัวท่านไม่มีความเคารพต่อญาติ ไม่มีไมตรี ไม่มีความภักดีต่อวงศ์ตระกูล ไม่รู้จักประมาณอันควร ไม่มีสายสัมพันธ์ฉันพี่น้อง และไม่มีธรรมะเลย

Word by Word

• न: not/no
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• ज्ञातित्वम्: kinship
• ज्ञातित्वम्: कर्ता (Kartā; as item denied/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञातित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• न: nor
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• सौहार्दम्: friendship/affection
• सौहार्दम्: कर्ता (Kartā; as item denied/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: nor
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• जातिः: clan/birth
• जातिः: कर्ता (Kartā; as item denied/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दुर्मते: O evil-minded one
• दुर्मते: सम्बोधन (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative); निन्दावाचक संबोधन

• प्रमाणम्: authority/measure (sense of proper regard)
• प्रमाणम्: कर्ता (Kartā; as item denied/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• सौदर्यम्: brotherly feeling
• सौदर्यम्: कर्ता (Kartā; as item denied/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौदर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: nor
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• धर्मः: righteousness/dharma
• धर्मः: कर्ता (Kartā; as item denied/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अधर्मदूषण: O corrupter of dharma
• अधर्मदूषण: सम्बोधन (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म + दूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('defiler of dharma' / 'one who corrupts dharma') used as vocative epithet

Context

"Evil minded Vibheeshana! You are vitiating righteousness, have no value to your race, no affection to your clan, no brotherly feeling and have no righteousness."

Characters & Entities

• Indrajit (Meghanāda)
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Dharma

FAQs

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

The verse shows how moral language can be weaponized: Indrajit accuses Vibhīṣaṇa of being anti-dharmic, even though Vibhīṣaṇa’s defection is motivated by commitment to true dharma and satya over unjust family allegiance.

What is the narrative situation?

Indrajit intensifies his condemnation, charging Vibhīṣaṇa with betrayal of kinship and righteousness.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Implicitly, Vibhīṣaṇa’s integrity—because the accusation invites the audience to evaluate what dharma truly is beyond clan identity.