Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 96, Shloka 12

युद्धाय रावणस्य निर्याणं तथा उत्पातदर्शनम्

Ravana’s Mobilization for War and the ظهور of Fatal Portents

Devanagari script

नैवान्तरिक्षं न दिशो न नद्यौर्नापिसागराः ।प्रकाशत्वंगमिष्यन्तिमद्बाणजलदावृताः ।।6.96.12।।

Transliteration

naivāntarikṣaṃ na diśo na nadyaur nāpi sāgarāḥ | prakāśatvaṃ gamiṣyanti mad-bāṇa-jaladāvṛtāḥ ||6.96.12||

Translation

“被我箭云的密团所遮蔽，天空不再明亮，四方不再光耀，江河亦然，乃至大海也将失其辉光。”罗波那夸口道。

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: अवधारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the sky/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here as subject: प्रथमा)

• न: nor
• न: निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• न: nor
• न: निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• द्यौः: the heaven/sky
• द्यौः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: nor
• न: निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अपि: even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (even/also)

• सागराः: oceans
• सागराः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• प्रकाशत्वम्: brightness/visibility
• प्रकाशत्वम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाशत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-परिणाम (result/state)

• गमिष्यन्ति: will attain/go
• गमिष्यन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मद्बाणजलदावृताः: covered by clouds of my arrows
• मद्बाणजलदावृताः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + जलद (प्रातिपदिक) + आवृत (कृदन्त, वृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: समास: मद्-बाण-जलद-आवृताः = covered by clouds of my arrows; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of अन्तरिक्षम्/दिशः/द्यौः/सागराः collectively)

Context

"By my arrows covering the sky like clouds there will be no effulgence both in space and in the quarters and not even in the ocean."

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• diś (directions)
• sāgara (oceans)

FAQs

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

Adharma is portrayed as “darkening”: violence and arrogance metaphorically eclipse light (clarity, truth). Dharma, by contrast, is associated with illumination—order, transparency, and satya.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa continues his war-boast, claiming his arrows will blanket the world like clouds and remove all brightness.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The passage emphasizes the vice of overconfidence; the implied virtue is humility before moral law and consequence.