Shloka 18

एकोनपञ्चाशः सर्गः (Sarga 49)

Aṅgada Re-energizes the Southern Search Party

Devanagari script

तस्याग्रमधिरूढास्ते श्रान्ता विपुलविक्रमाः।न पश्यन्ति स्म वैदेहीं रामस्य महिषीं प्रियाम्।।।।

Transliteration

tasyāgram adhirūḍhās te śrāntā vipulavikramāḥ | na paśyanti sma vaidehīṃ rāmasya mahiṣīṃ priyām ||

Translation

Selbst nachdem sie den Gipfel erreicht hatten, erblickten jene Helden von großer Kraft — nun erschöpft — Vaidehī, Rāmas geliebte Königin, nicht.

Word by Word

• tasya: of it/of that (mountain)
• tasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• agram: summit/peak
• agram: Karma (कर्म; goal with adhirūḍhāḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• adhirūḍhāḥ: having climbed
• adhirūḍhāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi + ruh (रुह् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); used as finite sense 'having climbed'

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śrāntāḥ: exhausted
• śrāntāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrānta (प्रातिपदिक; kta from √śram 'to be tired')
• Form: Past participial adjective (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying te

• vipulavikramāḥ: of great prowess
• vipulavikramāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक) + vikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: vipulaḥ vikramaḥ yeṣām (having great valor), qualifying te

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)

• paśyanti: they see/find
• paśyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु; present stem paśya-)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद); with sma gives past-imperfective sense

• sma: (past marker) did
• sma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/tense-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: Past marker particle with present (स्म-प्रयोगः; भूतार्थे)

• vaidehīm: Vaidehi (Sita)
• vaidehīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaidehī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• rāmasya: of Rama
• rāmasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahiṣīm: queen
• mahiṣīm: Karma (कर्म; appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); in apposition to vaidehīm

• priyām: dear
• priyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying mahiṣīm/vaidehīm

Context

Even after scaling up the peak, the exhausted, heroic monkeys could not find Vaidehi, the dear queen of Rama.

Characters & Entities

• Vaidehī (Sītā)
• Rāma
• vānara-s

FAQs

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

Truthfulness about outcomes: despite great effort, they acknowledge the reality—Sītā is still not found—without self-deception.

What is the narrative situation?

After surveying from a peak, the searchers fail to spot Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Satya (facing facts) alongside kṣānti/dhṛti (patient endurance).