Shloka 22

निकुम्भिला-यज्ञविघ्नोपदेशः

Counsel to Disrupt the Nikumbhilā Rite

Devanagari script

मनुजवरन कालविप्रकर्षोरिपुनिधनंप्रतियत्क्षामोऽद्यकर्तुम् ।त्वमतिसृजरिपोर्वधायवाणीममररिपोर्मथनेयथामहेन्द्रः ।।।।

Transliteration

manujavara na kālaviprakarṣo ripunidhanaṃ prati yat kṣamo ’dya kartum |

tvam atisṛja ripor vadhāya vāṇīṃ amararipor mathane yathā mahendraḥ ||

Translation

اے انسانوں میں بہترین! اب تاخیر مناسب نہیں ہے جبکہ دشمن کی تباہی قریب ہے۔ لکشمن کو دشمن کو مارنے کا حکم دیں، جیسے مہیندر نے دیوتاؤں کے دشمن کو کچلنے کا حکم دیا تھا۔

Word by Word

• मनुजवर: O best of men
• मनुजवर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja + vara (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• कालविप्रकर्षः: delay of time
• कालविप्रकर्षः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + viprakarṣa (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रिपुनिधनम्: slaying of the enemy
• रिपुनिधनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रति: towards/for
• प्रति: Pratiyogitā (प्रतियोगिता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition/adverb), प्रति = towards/with regard to

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); here introducing clause ‘that/which’

• क्षामः: is not proper/fit (lit. weak)
• क्षामः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of time)

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to do’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अतिसृज: send forth/dispatch
• अतिसृज: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• रिपोः: of the enemy
• रिपोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• वधाय: for killing
• वधाय: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाणीम्: speech/command
• वाणीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अमररिपोः: of the enemy of the gods
• अमररिपोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara + ripu (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• मथने: in the churning/struggle
• मथने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) / पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमा/प्रकार (as/just as)

• महेन्द्रः: Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (mahā+indra); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Context

"O Noble one! On hearing Hanuman that Sita is killed by Indrajith, Rama is deluded', said Lakshmana to Vibheeshana."

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa (implied as the one to be dispatched)
• Indra (Mahendra)

FAQs

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

Dharma is time-sensitive: when adharma threatens, hesitation can become complicity; righteous action must be prompt and purposeful.

What is the narrative situation?

Vibhīṣaṇa presses Rāma to act immediately and order the enemy’s elimination before conditions worsen.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Practical wisdom (nīti) aligned with dharma—acting at the right moment.