Shloka 8

वालिवधः

The Slaying of Vali

Devanagari script

अहं ह्याजौस्थितस्यास्य करिष्यामि यथेप्सितम्।वृक्षैर्मुष्टिप्रहारैश्च पीडितः प्रतियास्यति4.16.8।।

Transliteration

ahaṃ hy ājau sthitasyāsya kariṣyāmi yathepsitam |

vṛkṣair muṣṭiprahāraiś ca pīḍitaḥ pratiyāsyati ||4.16.8||

Translation

当他在战场上站到我面前时，我将随我所愿行事：被树木击打、被我拳头重击而受苦，他必将退却。

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ājau: in battle
• ājau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अर्थ: 'युद्धे' battlefield

• sthitasya: of (him) standing
• sthitasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; 'of him who is standing'

• asya: of him / his
• asya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (contextual)

• kariṣyāmi: I will do
• kariṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yathā: as / according to
• yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमान (adverb: 'as/according to')

• īpsitam: what is desired
• īpsitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: इप्सित (PPP/desired), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'desired (thing)'

• vṛkṣaiḥ: with trees
• vṛkṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन

• muṣṭiprahāraiḥ: with fist-blows
• muṣṭiprahāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṣṭi+prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'fist-blows')

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• pīḍitaḥ: afflicted / hurt
• pīḍitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pīḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'being afflicted'

• pratiyāsyati: will go back / retreat
• pratiyāsyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्रति; धातु: √या (to go)

Context

'When he faces me in the battlefield, I will hit him with trees and fists, and he will run back for life.

Characters & Entities

• Vālī
• Sugrīva
• Tārā

FAQs

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

The verse reflects the warrior’s worldview where strength is used to enforce dominance; it implicitly raises the dharmic question of whether power is guided by justice or by personal will.

What is the narrative situation?

Vālī boasts to Tārā about how he will physically overpower Sugrīva if Sugrīva confronts him.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Valor and confidence in battle are foregrounded, though tinged with overconfidence.