Shloka 11

ताराशोकविनोदनम्

Consolation of Tara and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

संस्कार्यो हरिराजश्च अङ्गदश्चाभिषिच्यताम्।सिंहासनगतं पुत्रं पश्यन्ती शान्तिमेष्यसि।।

Transliteration

saṃskāryo harirājaś ca aṅgadaś cābhiṣicyatām | siṃhāsana-gataṃ putraṃ paśyantī śāntim eṣyasi ||

Translation

فلتُؤدَّ على وجهها الصحيح شعائر الجنازة والشعائر الملكية لملك الفانارا، وليُمسَح أنغَدَة بالتتويج؛ فإذا رأيتِ ابنك جالسًا على العرش نلتِ السكينة.

Word by Word

• saṃskāryaḥ: should have rites performed
• saṃskāryaḥ: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃskārya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; saṃ-√kṛ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be duly consecrated/ritually prepared’)

• harirājaḥ: the monkey-king
• harirājaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘king of monkeys’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• aṅgadaḥ: Angada
• aṅgadaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• abhiṣicyatām: let him be consecrated
• abhiṣicyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√sic (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let (him) be anointed/consecrated’

• siṃhāsana-gatam: seated on the throne
• siṃhāsana-gatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siṃhāsana + gata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √gam धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘gone to the throne’ = seated on the throne)

• putram: (your) son
• putram: Karma (कर्म; object of paśyantī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• paśyantī: seeing
• paśyantī: Karta (कर्ता; of eṣyasi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु; present participle paśyat-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle: ‘seeing’)

• śāntim: peace
• śāntim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eṣyasi: you will attain/go to
• eṣyasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु; future stem eṣya-)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Context

'O Hanuman the best of monkeys, you need not think about (the future of) Angada. A father plans for a son and not (even) the mother.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Tārā
• Vāli
• Aṅgada
• throne (siṃhāsana)

FAQs

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

Rajadharma and social order: proper rites and legitimate consecration preserve stability; peace comes through fulfilling duty, not through unchecked grief.

What is the narrative situation?

In the aftermath of Vāli’s death, Hanumān proposes completing rituals and installing Aṅgada to secure the kingdom and console Tārā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Statecraft with compassion: arranging lawful succession while soothing a bereaved queen.