Shloka 53

त्रिशिरा-प्रबोधनम् तथा नरान्तक-वधः

Trisira’s Counsel and the Slaying of Naranthaka

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यंपातयामासुःपरस्परजयैषिणः ।।।।रिपुशोणितदिग्धाङ्गास्तत्रवानरराक्षसाः

Transliteration

anyonyaṃ pātayāmāsuḥ paraspara-jayaiṣiṇaḥ |

ripu-śoṇita-digdhāṅgās tatra vānara-rākṣasāḥ ||

Translation

وہاں وानر اور راکشس، دشمنوں کے خون سے لتھڑے ہوئے اعضا کے ساتھ، اور ایک دوسرے پر فتح کے خواہاں، بار بار ایک دوسرے کو پچھاڑتے اور گراتے رہے۔

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: one another
• अन्योन्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Reciprocal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (reciprocal adverbial accusative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; परस्परार्थे

• पातयामासुः: made fall/struck down
• पातयामासुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative), लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• परस्पर-जय-एषिणः: seeking mutual victory
• परस्पर-जय-एषिणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + जय (प्रातिपदिक) + एषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष ('seeking victory over each other'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण to वानरराक्षसाः

• रिपु-शोणित-दिग्ध-अङ्गाः: with limbs smeared with foes' blood
• रिपु-शोणित-दिग्ध-अङ्गाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक) + शोणित (प्रातिपदिक) + दिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from दिह्) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि ('whose limbs are smeared with enemy-blood'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण to वानरराक्षसाः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• वानर-राक्षसाः: Vanaras and Rakshasas
• वानर-राक्षसाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व ('monkeys and Rakshasas'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Context

Their limbs stained with the blood of foes, both Vanaras and Rakshasas eager to conquer one another started striking one another.

Characters & Entities

• Vanaras
• Rākṣasas
• Blood (śoṇita)
• Battlefield (implicit)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how the desire to conquer can consume all sides; Dharma, by contrast, demands that victory be sought only for justice, not for hatred or mere domination.

What is the narrative situation?

Both armies, bloodied and relentless, repeatedly knock each other down in a chaotic melee.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Titikṣā (endurance) amid suffering—though the verse also warns of the moral danger of unchecked victory-lust.