Shloka 122

Devanagari script

स बाणैरतिविद्धाङ्गःक्षतजेनसमुक्षितः ।।।।रुधिरंपरिसुस्रावगिरिःप्रस्रवणंयथा ।

Transliteration

sa bāṇair atividdhāṅgaḥ kṣatajena samukṣitaḥ | rudhiraṃ parisusrāva giriḥ prasravaṇaṃ yathā ||

Translation

他遍体被箭贯穿，伤口鲜血浸透全身；血流不止，宛如群山涌出泉源，奔泻而下。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बाणैः: by arrows
• बाणैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अति-विद्ध-अङ्गः: whose limbs were excessively pierced
• अति-विद्ध-अङ्गः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + विद्ध (√व्यध्) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: यस्य अङ्गानि अतिविद्धानि; विद्ध = PPP of √व्यध्

• क्षतजेन: with blood from wounds
• क्षतजेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षतज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समुक्षितः: drenched
• समुक्षितः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+√उक्ष् (धातु) > उक्षित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), √उक्ष् (to sprinkle/drench); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परिसुस्राव: flowed out all around
• परिसुस्राव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+√स्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• गिरिः: a mountain
• गिरिः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रस्रवणम्: a spring/stream
• प्रस्रवणम्: Upamāna-upameya-sambandha (उपमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative of comparison with यथा)

• यथा: like
• यथा: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle: as/like)

Context

Pierced by arrows excessively all over his limbs, bathing in blood flowing from the injury was like a mountain with a spring.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhakarṇa
• arrows (bāṇa)
• blood (rudhira)
• mountain (giri)
• spring (prasravaṇa)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the fragility of embodied might: dharma ultimately prevails not by brute force but by rightful action; the body—however huge—remains perishable.

What is the narrative situation?

Kumbhakarṇa is heavily wounded by volleys of arrows and bleeds profusely.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Perseverance in protecting the righteous cause—continued resistance against a seemingly unassailable foe.