Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 56, Shloka 7

षट्पञ्चाशः सर्गः — वैदेही-आश्वासनम् तथा अरिष्टारोहणम्

Consoling Sita and Ascending Mount Arishta

Devanagari script

क्षिप्रमेष्यति काकुत्स्थः हर्यृक्षप्रवरैर्वृतः।यस्ते युधि विजित्यारीन् शोकं व्यपनयिष्यति।।।।

Transliteration

kṣipram eṣyati kākutsthaḥ haryṛkṣapravarair vṛtaḥ | yas te yudhi vijityārīn śokaṃ vyapanayiṣyati ||

Translation

Bald wird Rāma aus dem Geschlecht der Kakutsthas kommen, umgeben von den Vorzüglichsten unter Affen und Bären; und nachdem er deine Feinde im Kampf besiegt hat, wird er deinen Kummer vertreiben.

Word by Word

• kṣipram: quickly, soon
• kṣipram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of time

• eṣyati: will come
• eṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्/Periphrastic future), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada

• kākutsthaḥ: Kakutstha (Rama)
• kākutsthaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kākutstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• hari: monkey (vanara)
• hari: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, (in compound) stem-form

• ṛkṣa: bear
• ṛkṣa: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, (in compound) stem-form

• pravara: foremost ones
• pravara: Karaṇa/Sahakāri (करण/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); in compound with hari+ṛkṣa

• vṛtaḥ: surrounded
• vṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vṛ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with kākutsthaḥ

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun referring to kākutsthaḥ

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (enclitic)

• yudhi: in battle
• yudhi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• vijitya: having defeated
• vijitya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√ji (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having conquered’

• arīn: enemies
• arīn: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• śokam: sorrow
• śokam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• vyapanayiṣyati: will remove
• vyapanayiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-apa-√nī (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्/Periphrastic future), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Context

That mountain of ten yojanas in width and thirty yojanas in height got levelled with the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Kakutstha)
• Hanumān
• Sītā
• Vānara forces (monkeys)

FAQs

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

Satya as assurance grounded in duty: Hanumān offers truthful hope tied to Rāma’s dharma—protecting the innocent, defeating adharma, and restoring justice.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān reassures Sītā that Rāma will soon arrive with allied forces, defeat Rāvaṇa’s side, and end her suffering.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s compassion and steadfast confidence in Rāma’s righteous power.