Shloka 68

युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः

War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates

Devanagari script

अराक्षसमिमंलोकंकर्तास्मिनिशितैःशरैः ।नचेच्छरणमभ्येषितामादायतुमैथिलीम् ।।6.41.68।।

Transliteration

arākṣasam imaṃ lokaṃ kartāsmi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ |

na cec charaṇam abhyeṣi tām ādāya tu maithilīm ||6.41.68||

Translation

میں اپنے تیز دھار تیروں سے اس لوک کو راکشسوں سے پاک کر دوں گا—اگر تو پناہ نہ لے اور میتھلی (سیتا) کو واپس نہ لائے۔

Word by Word

• अराक्षसम्: free of rakshasas
• अराक्षसम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; adjective qualifying लोकम्

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; demonstrative adjective

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कर्तास्मि: I will make
• कर्तास्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; present, 1st person singular; परस्मैपद; sandhi: कर्ता + अस्मि

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśita (प्रातिपदिक; √śi ‘to sharpen’ क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; adjective to शरैः

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; negation particle (निषेध)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conditional particle (यदि-अर्थक)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अभ्येषिताम्: you will approach/seek
• अभ्येषिताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√i (इ धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; future, 2nd person singular; parasmaipada; sandhi: अभ्येषि + तम्

• आदायितु: to take away
• आदायितु: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (दा धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); ‘to take/bring’

• मैथिलीम्: Maithili (Sita)
• मैथिलीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maithilī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

Context

"If you do not seek my protection I will devoid this world of Rakshasas with my sharp arrows."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa
• Maithilī (Sītā)
• arrows (śara)

FAQs

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

Dharma protects the violated and offers a final door to correction: return what was unlawfully taken and submit to rightful authority; otherwise society is defended by force against persistent adharma.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma issues a decisive ultimatum to Rāvaṇa: surrender/seek refuge and return Sītā, or face annihilation of the Rākṣasa threat.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Firmness with moral clarity: Rāma balances an offer of refuge with uncompromising resolve to end oppression.