Shloka 35

युद्धकाण्डे द्वादशः सर्गः — रावणस्य परिषद्-सम्बोधनं कुम्भकर्णस्य नीत्युपदेशश्च

Ravana’s Council Address and Kumbhakarna’s Counsel

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वयासमारब्धंकर्मह्यप्रतिमंपरैः ।अहंसमीकरिष्यामिहत्वाशत्रूंस्तवानघ ।।6.12.35।।

Transliteration

tasmāt tvayā samārabdhaṃ karma hy apratimaṃ paraiḥ | ahaṃ samīkariṣyāmi hatvā śatrūṃs tavānagha || 6.12.35 ||

Translation

Do đó, vì ngài đã thực hiện một hành động không ai sánh kịp, tôi sẽ giải quyết việc này bằng cách tiêu diệt kẻ thù của ngài, hỡi đấng vô tội.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: Hetu-avyaya (ablative used adverbially): ‘therefore/from that’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana

• samārabdham: undertaken
• samārabdham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-rabh (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (PPP), Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of karma

• karma: task
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• apratimam: unequalled / not matchable
• apratimam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-pratima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of karma

• paraiḥ: by others
• paraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana; ‘by others’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana

• samīkariṣyāmi: will accomplish / will set right
• samīkariṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ī-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Periphrastic Future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund), avyaya; ‘having killed’

• śatrūn: enemies
• śatrūn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana

• ānagha: O sinless one
• ānagha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana

Context

"O Rakshasa! I will ruin the enemy. I will fight with both of them (Rama and Lakshmana) even if they are Indra and sun, fire god and wind god or Kubera and Varuna."

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarna
• Ravana
• Rama (implied enemy)

FAQs

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

A key Ramayana lesson is that loyalty divorced from dharma becomes destructive; prowess used to support unrighteous aims is ethically flawed.

What is the narrative situation?

Kumbhakarna pledges to complete Ravana’s war-aim by personally destroying the opposing side.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Valor and determination—though here directed toward an adharmic cause.