Shloka 15

Devanagari script

रोषस्य हि वशं गत्वा दशग्रीव: प्रतापवान्‌ | तथा शक्रप्रतिस्पर्धी हतो रामेण संयुगे,इन्द्रसे भी टक्कर लेनेवाला प्रतापी दशानन रावण रोषके ही अधीन होकर युद्धमें श्रीरामचन्द्रजीके हाथसे मारा गया

Transliteration

roṣasya hi vaśaṁ gatvā daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān | tathā śakra-pratispardhī hato rāmeṇa saṁyuge ||

Translation

正因屈从于嗔怒，威武的十首（Daśagrīva，罗波那）——甚至敢与释迦罗（Śakra，即因陀罗）争锋者——终在战场上为罗摩所诛。

Word by Word

• रोषस्य: of anger
• रोषस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वशम्: control, sway
• वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone (having come under)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• दशग्रीवः: Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa; 'ten-necked')
• दशग्रीवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शक्र-प्रतिस्पर्धी: rivaling (even) Śakra/Indra
• शक्र-प्रतिस्पर्धी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्रप्रतिस्पर्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa)
• Rāma
• Śakra (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even extraordinary power and heroism cannot protect one who becomes ruled by anger; wrath clouds judgment, fuels reckless action, and leads to ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nāga cites the well-known example of Rāvaṇa (Daśagrīva), famed for his might and for challenging even Indra, who nevertheless was killed by Rāma in battle because he acted under the domination of anger.