Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 71, Shloka 62

अतिकायवधः

The Slaying of Atikāya

Devanagari script

अद्यतेमामकाबाणास्तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणाः ।पास्यन्तिरुधिरंगात्राद्बाणशल्यान्तरोत्थितम् ।।।।

Transliteration

adya te māmakā bāṇās tapta-kāñcana-bhūṣaṇāḥ | pāsyanti rudhiraṃ gātrād bāṇa-śalyāntarotthitam ||

Translation

Ngayon, ang aking mga palaso, na pinalamutian ng kumikinang na ginto, ay iinom ng dugo na dumadaloy mula sa iyong katawan sa pamamagitan ng mga sugat na likha ng kanilang matatalim na dulo.

Word by Word

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (काल-अव्यय), adverb = "today/now"

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Dvitīyā? actually Ṣaṣṭhī/Genitive? Here: Genitive singular (षष्ठी एकवचन) = "of you/your" (enclitic)

• māmakāḥ: my
• māmakāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा) Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying bāṇāḥ

• bāṇāḥ: arrows
• bāṇāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ: adorned with heated/polished gold ornaments
• taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त, क्त) + kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: kāñcanasya bhūṣaṇam (gold-ornament) with tapta as qualifier; adjective of bāṇāḥ

• pāsyanti: will drink
• pāsyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धाातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present/future-near sense), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष) Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• rudhiram: blood
• rudhiram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā Ekavacana

• gātrāt: from the body/limb
• gātrāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Pañcamī (पञ्चमी/ablative) Ekavacana

• bāṇaśalyāntara-utthitam: issuing from the gaps/wounds made by arrow-points
• bāṇaśalyāntara-utthitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + śalya (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + utthita (कृदन्त, क्त from उत्-स्था)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā Ekavacana agreeing with rudhiram; tatpuruṣa: bāṇa-śalya-antara (space/hole between arrow-heads) + utthita = "arisen from"

Context

"Now, you will drink the blood ejected from your neck by the holes made with my pointed arrows decked with polished gold."

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Atikāya
• arrows

FAQs

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

When confronting adharma, Dharma may require stern force; the verse frames battle as decisive action, not mere rhetoric.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakṣmaṇa intensifies his challenge, foretelling the physical consequence of Atikāya’s impending defeat by his arrows.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Martial fearlessness and readiness to execute duty—Lakṣmaṇa’s speech signals uncompromising commitment to victory in righteous war.