Character

巨爪

शूर्पणखाŚūrpaṇakhā

verses
224
books
15
chapters
49
Sibling of
罗波那

What the texts say

In the Ramayana, Shurpanakha is a rakshasi and sister of the rakshasa Ravana. Ramayana 3.17.6, 3.36.2 In the forest she approaches Rama, who presents his younger brother Lakshmana and his wife Sita. Ramayana 6.95.6, 3.17.17 At Rama's command, Lakshmana cuts off her ears and nose with a sword. Ramayana 6.129.16, 3.18.21 Seeing Rama alone slay fourteen thousand rakshasas, and Ravana's brother Khara too, she roars with a great cry. Ramayana 3.32.1 She then tells Ravana that Sita is unmatched in beauty and a fitting wife for him. Ramayana 3.34.19, 3.34.15 Ravana resolves to abduct Sita, citing his sister's mutilation. Ramayana 3.36.12

Where to read

Every verse that names 巨爪, book by book.

    • 3.18.1

      于是罗摩见舒尔帕那卡被情欲之索紧紧缚住,便含笑以清澈柔和之语对她说道。

    • 3.34.1

      其后,罗波那见舒尔帕那迦在群臣之间出言粗厉,心生忿怒,便又追问于她。

    • 3.20.1

      随后,可怖的舒尔帕那卡来到罗伽婆的精舍,向罗刹们指认那两位兄弟,并连同悉多在内。

  1. Narasimha Purana

    19 verses · 1 chapter

    • 1.49.36

      她看见罗摩与悉多坐在森林中。随后,那可怕的舒潘那卡,化作了美丽动人的幻象……

    • 1.49.38

      “拒绝一个主动献身的女人会招致巨大的罪孽。”听了舒潘那卡这番话,国王罗摩对她说道:

    • 1.49.59

      哭泣的舒潘那卡随后去找罗波那。看到妹妹的鼻子被割掉,罗波那随后……

  2. Mahabharata

    9 verses · 2 chapters

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 7 verses

    • 3.261.41

      当罗摩(Rāma)居住其间时,发生了与舒尔帕那卡(Śūrpaṇakhā)有关之事;由此与居于阇那斯他那(Jana-sthāna)的迦罗(Khara)结下深重仇怨。

    • 3.259.8

      摩利尼生下一子,名毗毗沙那;而罗迦则生下一对——佉罗与舒尔帕那迦。

    • 3.261.44

      诸罗刹既被诛灭,舒尔帕那卡(Śūrpaṇakhā)鼻与唇被削断,复又前往楞迦(Laṅkā),到其兄之居所。

  3. Ramcharitmanas

    8 verses · 4 chapters

    • 3.2.66

      听闻虔信之道,罗什曼心中大喜,将头俯伏于主之足前。如是度过数日,他们谈论出离、智慧、德行与正道。舒波那迦是罗波那的妹妹,心如蛇蝎般恶毒残忍。她有一次来到般遮婆提,见到两位王子便心神迷乱。无论是兄弟、父亲还是儿子,蛇之敌啊,女子见到俊美的男子都会凝视。她心神迷乱,无法自持,如同太阳石见日即化。她化作美丽形貌,来到主前,含笑说了许多话:"世上没有男子如你,也没有女子如我;造物主深思熟虑,安排了这桩姻缘。我寻遍三界,在世间找不到与我相配的男子。因此我至今仍是处女;但如今见了你,心中…

    • 3.3.76

      当罗格胡之主在战斗中征服了敌人,天神、凡人和仙人的恐惧便全部消除了。于是拉克什曼把悉多带了回来;她伏在主的脚前时,他欢喜地将她拥入怀中。悉多凝视着他黝黑而柔润的身躯,她那充满至高之爱的双眼永不餍足。住在潘查瓦提,荣耀的罗格胡之主行着赐予天神与仙人欢乐的事迹。看见迦罗与杜沙那火葬的烟后,舒尔帕纳卡便去找罗波那并激怒了他。她以极大的愤怒对他说:你已经忘记了对国家和财宝的一切忧虑。你日夜吃喝睡觉,毫不想到敌人正站在你头顶之上。没有治国之术的王国,没有正法的财富,没有献给诃利的善行,…

    • 6.4.53

      夫君,请在心中思量,放弃这恶念。与罗怙之主交战,于你并不相宜。罗摩之弟画了一道细线,你连那都跨不过,这便是你的男子气概!爱人,其使者已做出如此之事,你怎能在战斗中战胜他?那猴中之狮如戏耍般跃过大海,无所畏惧地来到了你的楞伽城。他杀了守卫,毁了林园,就在你眼前将阿克沙杀死。他放火烧了全城,化为灰烬。你的力量与骄傲又在哪里?如今夫君,莫要空口吹嘘;把我所说在心中稍作思量。夫君,莫将罗怙之主当作寻常国王;当知他是动与不动万物之主,拥有无与伦比的力量。玛里查知道他箭的威力,然而你这卑…

Key chapters

The chapters where 巨爪 matters most.

  1. The Disfigurement of Śūrpaṇakhā

    Ramayana 3.18 · 25 verses

    Embodiment of ungoverned kāma turning to krodha

  2. Śūrpaṇakhā Reports to Rāvaṇa; Rāma’s Might and Sītā’s Description

    Ramayana 3.34 · 25 verses

    Messenger-survivor

  3. The Events of Aranya Kanda: Sita's Abduction and Rama's Journey

    Narasimha Purana 1.49 · 19 verses

  4. The Slaying of the Fourteen Demons Sent by Śūrpaṇakhā

    Ramayana 3.20 · 7 verses

    Instigator and escalation-agent

  5. Śūrpaṇakhā’s Report to Rāvaṇa and the Panegyric of His Might

    Ramayana 3.32 · 6 verses

    Narrative relay and instigator: flees from Janasthāna to Laṅkā…

  6. The Ogresses’ Threats to Sita and Her Vow of Fidelity

    Ramayana 5.24 · 2 verses

    Notorious instigator figure

  7. Rāma’s Abhiṣeka Plan, Kaikeyī’s Boon, and the Initiation of the Exile (Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account)

    Mahabharata 3.261 · 6 verses

    Bridge from forest episode to Laṅkā’s retaliation

  8. Sarga 95: Lamentation in Laṅkā and the Causal Chain of Enmity

    Ramayana 6.95 · 4 verses

    Causal trigger in the lament’s chain-of-enmity analysis

  9. This Sopāna is the ‘Vana-sādhanā’ step: the soul leaves the social city (rājya, maryādā) and enters the inner forest where desire, fear, and deception appear unclothed. The wilderness becomes a crucib

    Ramcharitmanas 3.2 · 2 verses

  10. Śrī Rāmacandra-avatāra: Vow, Exile, Laṅkā-vijaya, and Rāma-rājya (Concise Bhāgavata Account)

    Bhagavatam 9.10 · 1 verse

    Trigger for escalation

Key episodes

  1. Shurpanakha at Panchavati

    Ramayana 3.17-3.18

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