Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 96, Shloka 13

युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्

Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents

Devanagari script

अद्यवानरमुख्यानांतानियूथानिभागशः ।धनुषाशरजालेनवधिष्यामिपतत्रिणा ।।6.96.13।।

Transliteration

adya vānar-mukhyānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ | dhanuṣā śara-jālena vadhiṣyāmi patatriṇā ||6.96.13||

Translation

(راون نے کہا:) آج میں اپنے کمان سے پر دار تیروں کے جال کے ساتھ اُن برگزیدہ وانروں کے اُن لشکروں کو ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کر کے قتل کر ڈالوں گا۔

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• वानरमुख्यानाम्: of the vanara leaders
• वानरमुख्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वानराणां मुख्याः = leaders of monkeys); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तानि: those
• तानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (refers to yūthāni)

• यूथानि: troops/bands
• यूथानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यूथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• भागशः: part by part
• भागशः: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भागशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (distributive adverb)

• धनुषा: with (my) bow
• धनुषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• शरजालेन: with a net of arrows
• शरजालेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक) + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शराणां जालम् = net of arrows); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• वधिष्यामि: I will kill
• वधिष्यामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पतत्रिणा: with a feathered (arrow)
• पतत्रिणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; (metaphor: feathered arrow)

Context

"Today by the network of plumed arrows released from my bow I shall kill the troops of Vanara leaders' part by part."

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Vānara (monkey-warriors)
• Vānara leaders (vānaramukhyāḥ)

FAQs

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

The verse shows the adharma of dehumanizing opponents and delighting in destruction. Dharma in war (yuddha-dharma) demands restraint and righteousness of cause, not cruelty.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa threatens to annihilate the vānaras in a systematic barrage as the battle escalates.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The implied virtue is courage in service of dharma (as embodied by the vānaras supporting Rāma), contrasted with Rāvaṇa’s violent intent.