Valmiki Ramayana 6.94.30 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 94, Shloka 30

रावणस्य सभाप्रवेशः — रामस्य शरवृष्ट्या राक्षससेनाविनाशः

Ravana Enters Council; Rama’s Arrow-Storm Destroys the Rakshasa Host

Devanagari script

शरीरनाभिसत्त्वार्चिश्शरारंनेमिकार्मुकम् ।ज्याघोषतलनिर्घोषंतेजोबुधदिगुणप्रभम् ।।6.94.29।।दिव्यास्त्रगुणपर्यन्तंनिघ्नन्तंयुधिराक्षसान् ।ददृशूरामचक्रंतत्कालचक्रमिवप्रजाः ।।6.94.30।।

Transliteration

anīkaṃ daśa-sāhasraṃ rathānāṃ vāta-raṃhasām |

aṣṭādaśa-sahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām ||

caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi sārohāṇāṃ ca vājinām |

pūrṇe śata-sahasre dve rākṣasāṇāṃ padātinām ||

divasasyāṣṭa-bhāgena śarair agni-śikhopamaiḥ |

hatātyāny ekena rāmeṇa rakṣasāṃ kāma-rūpiṇām ||

Translation

ภายในเวลาเพียงหนึ่งในแปดของวัน พระรามเพียงองค์เดียวทรงประหารเหล่ารากษสผู้แปลงกายได้ ด้วยศรดุจเปลวเพลิง: รถศึกเร็วแรงหนึ่งหมื่นคัน ช้างทรงพลังหนึ่งหมื่นแปดพันเชือก ม้าพร้อมสารถีหนึ่งหมื่นสี่พัน และทหารรากษสเดินเท้าครบสองแสนคน

Word by Word

• anīkam: army/host
• anīkam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• daśa-sāhasram: ten thousand
• daśa-sāhasram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्या) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (ten-thousand)

• rathānām: of chariots
• rathānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• vāta-raṃhasām: swift as the wind
• vāta-raṃhasām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāta (प्रातिपदिक) + raṃhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vātasya raṃhaḥ = speed of wind)

• aṣṭādaśa-sahasrāṇi: eighteen thousand
• aṣṭādaśa-sahasrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭādaśa (संख्या) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (eighteen-thousands)

• kuñjarāṇām: of elephants
• kuñjarāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuñjara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• tarasvinām: powerful, swift
• tarasvinām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tarasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi: fourteen thousand
• caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśa (संख्या) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (fourteen-thousands)

• sārōhāṇām: with riders
• sārōhāṇām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-āroha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (ārohaiḥ saha = with riders)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vājinām: of horses
• vājinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• pūrṇe: when completed/fully
• pūrṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (in the full/completed count)

• śata-sahasre: in (the count of) a hundred thousand
• śata-sahasre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (संख्या) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (in a hundred-thousand)

• dve: two
• dve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; संख्या

• rākṣasānām: of Rakshasas
• rākṣasānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• padātinām: of foot-soldiers
• padātinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• divasasya: of the day
• divasasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• aṣṭa-bhāgena: by an eighth (part)
• aṣṭa-bhāgena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (by an eighth part)

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• agni-śikhā-upamaiḥ: resembling flames of fire
• agni-śikhā-upamaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + śikhā (प्रातिपदिक) + upama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (agniśikhāyāḥ upamā = like tongues/flames of fire)

• hatāni: were killed
• hatāni: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; √han (killed)

• tāni: those (forces)
• tāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ekena: by one, by a single
• ekena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• rāmeṇa: by Rama
• rāmeṇa: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• rakṣasām: of the demons
• rakṣasām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• kāmarūpiṇām: shape-shifting
• kāmarūpiṇām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāmarūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; (shape-shifting at will)

Context

People saw Rama in the form of wheel exterminating the Rakshasas on the battlefield, which had the body of Sri Rama as its navel, his strength as its glow, the arrows as spokes, his bow as belly, the twangling of the bowstring as its sound, his virtues and effulgence as the power of his mystic missiles in war. Rama was seen as a wheel of time spirit by the people.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

The text frames righteous warfare as decisive removal of violent adharma; the emphasis is on swift protection of the world by ending oppression rather than prolonging harm.

What is the narrative situation?

A quantitative description of the scale and speed of Rāma’s battlefield success against massive Rākṣasa formations.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Aparājeya-vīrya (invincible valor) coupled with effectiveness and resolve in executing a dharmic mission.