Shloka 22

युद्धलक्षण-निमित्तदर्शनं तथा लङ्काद्वारव्यूहः

War Omens and the Encirclement of Lanka’s Gates

Devanagari script

शैलैःशूलैश्चखडगैश्चविमुक्स्सैःकपिराक्षसैः ।भविष्यत्यावृताभूमिर्मांसशोणितकर्दमा ।।6.41.22।।

Transliteration

śailaiḥ śūlaiś ca khaḍgaiś ca vimuktaiḥ kapi-rākṣasaiḥ | bhaviṣyaty āvṛtā bhūmir māṁsa-śoṇita-kardamā ||

Translation

婆那罗与罗刹抛掷的巨石、三叉戟与利剑，将使大地尽被遮覆——化作血肉的泥沼。

Word by Word

• śailaiḥ: with rocks
• śailaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• śūlaiḥ: with tridents/spears
• śūlaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• khaḍgaiḥ: with swords
• khaḍgaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• vimuktaiḥ: hurled; released
• vimuktaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi+muc (धातु)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; past passive participle (kta/क्त) from √muc (मुच्) with vi-; agrees with following 'kapi-rākṣasaiḥ' (instrumental plural)

• kapi-rākṣasaiḥ: by Vanaras and Rakshasas
• kapi-rākṣasaiḥ: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapi+rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; dvandva (copulative) compound: kapiś ca rākṣasaś ca; instrument of agency

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ lakāra (Simple future/लुट्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, parasmaipada

• āvṛtā: covered
• āvṛtā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā+vṛ (धातु)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; past passive participle (kta/क्त) from √vṛ (वृ) with ā-; predicate adjective of 'bhūmiḥ'

• bhūmiḥ: the earth/ground
• bhūmiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā: muddy with flesh and blood
• māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māṃsa+śoṇita+kardama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of 'bhūmiḥ'; samāsa (determinative): māṃsa-śoṇitayoḥ kardamaḥ (mire of flesh and blood)

Context

"The land will remain covered by rocks, tridents, swords hurled by the Vanaras and Rakshasas and with flesh and blood."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

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

Dharma includes sober awareness of violence’s cost; even a righteous war is acknowledged as grievous and destructive.

What is the narrative situation?

The coming battle is anticipated as vast and brutal, with weapons and bodies strewn across the ground.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Realism and moral gravity—facing duty without romanticizing war.