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Shloka 6

सप्तपञ्चाशः सर्गः

Hanumān’s Return, Roar of Success, and the Announcement “Sītā Seen”

ग्रसमान इवाकाशं ताराधिपमिवोल्लिखन्।हरन्निव सनक्षत्रं गगनं सार्कमण्डलम्।।5.57.5।।मारुतस्यात्मजः श्रीमान्कपिर्व्योमचरो महान्।हनुमान्मेघजालानि विकर्षन्निव गच्छति।।5.57.6।।

grasamāna ivākāśaṃ tārādhipam ivollikhan |

harann iva sanakṣatraṃ gaganaṃ sārkamaṇḍalam || 5.57.5 ||

mārutasyātmajaḥ śrīmān kapir vyomacaro mahān |

hanumān meghajālāni vikarṣann iva gacchati || 5.57.6 ||

Hanumān, der ruhmreiche Sohn des Māruta, der große Affe, der den Himmel durchmisst, zieht dahin, als verschlänge er den Raum und risse die Wolkenschleier hinter sich her.

tārkṣyāyamāṇaḥappearing like Garuḍa
tārkṣyāyamāṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottārkṣya + āyamāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta (शतृ/शानच्-भाव), Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular; denominative sense: 'becoming/appearing like Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)'
gaganein the sky
gagane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgagana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7), Singular
babhāseshone
babhāse:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhās (धातु)
FormLiṭ (Perfect), Ātmanepada, 3rd Person, Singular
vāyu-nandanaḥson of Vāyu
vāyu-nandanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu + nandana (प्रातिपदिके)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1), Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'delight/son of Vāyu'
dārayancleaving
dārayan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛ (धातु)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta, Śatṛ, Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular; causative-like sense 'splitting/cleaving'
megha-bṛndānicloud-clusters
megha-bṛndāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmegha + bṛnda (प्रातिपदिके)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2), Plural; 'clusters of clouds'
niṣpatandarting out
niṣpatan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootnis + pat (धातु)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta, Śatṛ, Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb
punaḥagain and again
punaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (repetition)
nadanroaring
nadan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootnad (धातु)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta, Śatṛ, Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular; 'roaring'
nādenawith a sound
nādena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular
mahatāgreat/loud
mahatā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3), Singular; agrees with nādena
megha-svana-mahā-svanaḥthunderously loud
megha-svana-mahā-svanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmegha + svana + mahā + svana (प्रातिपदिके)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1), Singular; karmadhāraya: 'having a great sound like cloud-thunder'

Great Hanuman, son of the Windgod, flew through the abode of the Windgod as if he was swallowing the space, scratching the Moon, lord of the stars, as if seizing the heavens along with the constellation of Sun and stars and as though he was drawing the clusters of clouds.

H
Hanumān
M
Māruta (Wind-god)
M
moon (tārādhipa)
S
sun (arka-maṇḍala)
C
clouds (meghajāla)

FAQs

As in the parallel verse, dharma is implied by the right use of extraordinary capacity for a righteous end.

A repeated/overlapping textual witness of Hanumān’s flight description in the transmission provided.

Might under control—heroic ability directed by duty.