Shloka 28

हनूमद्

दूत्यम् / Hanuman’s Mediation and Lakshmana’s Appeal to Sugriva

Devanagari script

करिष्यति स साहाय्यं युवयोर्भास्करात्मजः।सुग्रीवस्सह चास्माभि स्सीतायाः परिमार्गणे।।

Transliteration

kariṣyati sa sāhāyyaṃ yuvayor bhāskarātmajaḥ | sugrīvaḥ saha cāsmābhiḥ sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇe ||

Translation

Sugrīva, der Sohn der Sonne, wird euch beiden Beistand leisten; zusammen mit uns wird er bei der Suche nach Sītā helfen.

Word by Word

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• साहाय्यम्: help
• साहाय्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• युवयोः: of you two/for you two
• युवयोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-रूप)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• भास्करात्मजः: son of the Sun
• भास्करात्मजः: कर्ता (Apposition to सः/सुग्रीवः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भास्करस्य आत्मजः

• सुग्रीवः: Sugriva
• सुग्रीवः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक (Associative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Preposition-like adverb)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (Conjunction)

• अस्माभिः: with us
• अस्माभिः: सहकारक/करण (with सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• सीतायाः: of Sita
• सीतायाः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• परिमार्गणे: in the search
• परिमार्गणे: अधिकरण (Locative: in the search)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-मार्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

Context

'Sugriva, son of the Sun-god, along with us will extend all help to you, in your search for Sita.'

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Sūrya (Bhāskara)
• Hanumān (implied by “with us”)
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Sītā

FAQs

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

Dharma as mutual aid: righteous alliance forms when each side supports the other in a just cause—here, the search for Sītā.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān assures Rāma–Lakṣmaṇa that Sugrīva will actively assist in locating Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sugrīva’s readiness to help (sāhāyya) and Hanumān’s reliability as a messenger.