Shloka 49

Devanagari script

शरावरौ शरैः पूर्णौ विध्वस्तौ पश्य लक्ष्मण।प्रतोदाभीशुहस्तो वै कस्यायं सारथिर्हतः।।।।

Transliteration

śarāvarau śaraiḥ pūrṇau vidhvastau paśya lakṣmaṇa | pratodābhīśuhasto vai kasyāyaṃ sārathir hataḥ ||

Translation

看啊，拉克什马那——两只装满箭的箭囊已被毁坏。这里还有一名御者被杀，手中仍紧握鞭与缰。此等人马究竟属于谁？

Word by Word

• शर-आवरौ: two quivers
• शर-आवरौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक) + आवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शराणाम् आवरौ = two quivers)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• पूर्णौ: filled
• पूर्णौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषणम् (शरावर्योः)

• विध्वस्तौ: smashed
• विध्वस्तौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध्वस्त (कृदन्त; √ध्वंस् with वि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘shattered’

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लक्ष्मण: O Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मण: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• प्रतोद-अभीशु-हस्तः: holding whip and reins
• प्रतोद-अभीशु-हस्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतोद (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीशु (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रतोदं च अभीशु च हस्ते यस्य)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed)

• कस्य: whose
• कस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सारथिः: charioteer
• सारथिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हतः: killed
• हतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (कृदन्त; √हन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘slain’

Context

O Lakshmana ! look at these two quivers filled with arrows and lying shattered. The charioteer is holding a whip and reins in his hands and is lying dead. To whom do they belong?

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• sārathi (charioteer)

FAQs

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

Dharma includes compassion and accountability: the slain attendants are noticed, and the scene is read as a moral and factual clue, not ignored.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma points out wrecked quivers and a dead charioteer, indicating a major confrontation has occurred.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Attentiveness to detail and empathetic awareness amid crisis.