All 16 Uses of
scathing
in
The Ramayana
- Good, resolute and pure, and strong, He guards mankind from scathe and wrong, And lends his aid, and ne'er in vain, The cause of justice to maintain.†
Book 1 *scathe = severely harm
- But every monkey, ape, and bear Ever was Báli's special care; With his vast strength and mighty arm He kept them from all scathe and harm.†
Book 1
- The warrior pair who tamed the foe, Unrivalled benders of the bow, Kept watch and ward unwearied still To guard the saint from scathe and ill.†
Book 1
- now let the thief be slain; Bring thou the charger back again: The sacred rite prevented thus Brings scathe and woe to all of us.†
Book 1
- With him to guide thy way aright, This sage invincible in might, This Bráhman sage, most glorious-bright, By long austerities has wrought A wondrous deed, exceeding thought: Thou knowest well, O strong of arm, This sure defence from scathe and harm.†
Book 1
- Then God and saint and bard, convened, And Nága lord, and snake, and fiend, Thus to the General Father cried, Distracted, sad, and terrified: "Against the hermit, sore assailed, Lure, scathe, and scorn have naught availed, Proof against rage and treacherous art He keeps his vow with constant heart.†
Book 1
- of the mighty arm, Returning free from scathe and harm.†
Book 2
- To find the child of Janak still Alive and free from scathe and ill!†
Book 3
- made reply, The name and fortune to unfold Of Raghu's son the lofty-souled: "True to the law, of fame unstained, The glorious Dasaratha reigned, And, steadfast in his duty, long Kept the four castes(550) from scathe and wrong.†
Book 4
- Vext by my brother Báli long My soul has borne the scathe and wrong.†
Book 4
- He cast me out with scathe and scorn, And from my side my wife was torn.†
Book 4
- But Báli, by her prayers unmoved, Spurned her advice, and thus reproved: "How may this insult, scathe, and scorn By me, dear love, be tamely born?†
Book 4
- Whose is the hand unscathed to sieze The red flame quickened by the breeze?†
Book 4unscathed = not severely harmedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscathed means not and reverses the meaning of scathed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- at the city gate, And trembling Vánars scarce can fly Scathed by the lightning of his eye.†
Book 4scathed = severely harmed
- No longer respite will I give, And thou this day shalt cease to live; For I, as sunlight kills the morn, Will slay thee for thy scathe and scorn.†
Book 5scathe = severely harm
- Safe in the shadow of his arm The world is kept from scathe and harm.†
Book 5
Definition:
to severely harm -- especially by fire or through criticism