Shloka 18

Mahāpārśva-vadhaḥ — The Slaying of Mahāpārśva

Angada’s Counterstrike

Devanagari script

तंम्तैलधौतंविमलंशैलसारमयंदृढम् ।।।।राक्षसःपरमक्रुद्धोवालिपुत्रेन्यपातयत् ।

Transliteration

taṃ tailadhautaṃ vimalaṃ śailasāramayaṃ dṛḍham |

rākṣasaḥ paramakruddho vāliputre nyapātayat ||

Translation

وہ تیل سے چمکایا ہوا، بے داغ، پہاڑی چٹان کی مانند سخت اور مضبوط کلہاڑا راکشس نے انتہا درجے کے غضب میں والی کے پتر پر دے مارا۔

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/with that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वामांसफलके: on the left shoulder-blade
• वामांसफलके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम-अंस-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुष (वामे अंसे फलके)

• भृशम्: violently, greatly
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रत्यवपादितम्: repelled/struck back
• प्रत्यवपादितम्: Karma-dharma (कर्मधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-अव-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘struck back/repelled’ (परश्वधम् इति कर्मविशेषण)

• अङ्गदः: Aṅgada
• अङ्गदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• मोक्ष्यामास: released/let go
• मोक्ष्यामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘released/let go’

• सरोषः: full of fury
• सरोषः: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (रोषेण सह)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परश्वधम्: the axe
• परश्वधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परश्वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

Context

Extremely enraged Rakshasa, hurled at Vali's son that axe that was cleansed with oil, the clean strong axe that was like feet of a mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāpārśva
• Aṅgada
• Vāli

FAQs

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

The text shows how rage seeks to maximize injury; Dharma’s counter-teaching is that strength must be governed by righteousness and proportionate response.

What is the narrative situation?

Mahāpārśva retaliates by throwing a heavy axe at Aṅgada.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Implicitly, the needed virtue is viveka (discernment) in combat—choosing action without being driven by blind fury.