Shloka 45

अभिज्ञानप्रदानम्

The Token of Recognition (Chūḍāmaṇi) and the Crow Episode Recalled

Devanagari script

तस्य वीर्यवतः कश्चिद्यद्यस्ति मयि सम्भ्रमः।किमर्थं न शरैस्तीक्ष्णै: क्षयं नयति राक्षसान्।।5.38.45।।

Transliteration

tasya vīryavataḥ kaścid yady asti mayi sambhramaḥ | kim arthaṃ na śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ kṣayaṃ nayati rākṣasān ||5.38.45||

Translation

Nếu bậc dũng lực ấy vì ta mà còn có chút bồn chồn, cớ sao Người không dùng những mũi tên sắc bén khiến bọn Rākṣasa đi đến diệt vong?

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• vīryavataḥ: of the valorous one
• vīryavataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīryavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; qualifying tasya

• kaścit: some, any (little)
• kaścit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘some/any (amount)’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-निपात; conditional conjunction ‘if’

• asti: is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• sambhramaḥ: agitation, haste
• sambhramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sambhrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kim-artham: why
• kim-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; interrogative adverb

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• tīkṣṇaiḥ: sharp
• tīkṣṇaiḥ: Karaṇa-viśeṣaṇa (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; qualifying śaraiḥ

• kṣayam: destruction
• kṣayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• nayati: brings about
• nayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• rākṣasān: demons
• rākṣasān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदic)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

Context

"Does Rama have a little anxiety about me? If he has, why does he, a disciplined hero, not put an end to the demons with his sharp arrows?

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Hanumān
• Rāma
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

Dharma here is protective action: concern must translate into decisive removal of violence and injustice.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā reasons that if Rāma truly worries for her, he would act swiftly to destroy the rākṣasas.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s capacity for decisive justice—expected to be expressed through disciplined force.