Shloka 124

सुन्दरकाण्डे अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः

हनुमद्वृत्तान्तकथनम्, सीताभिज्ञान-प्रदानम्, लङ्कादाह-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

तं तु मन्दोदरीपुत्त्रं कुमारं रणपण्डितम्।।5.58.123।।सहसा खं समुत्क्रान्तं पादयोश्च गृहीतवान्।चर्मासिनं शतगुणं भ्रामयित्वा व्यपेषयम्।।5.58.124।।

Transliteration

sahasā khaṃ samutkrāntaṃ pādayoś ca gṛhītavān | carmāsinaṃ śataguṇaṃ bhrāmayitvā vyapēṣayam ||5.58.124||

Translation

Als er plötzlich in den Himmel sprang, packte ich ihn an beiden Füßen; dann wirbelte ich jenen Kämpfer hundertmal und zerschmetterte ihn am Boden.

Word by Word

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: suddenly/at once)

• खम्: the sky
• खम्: देश/गन्तव्य (Directional object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (direction/space)

• समुत्क्रान्तम्: having leapt up
• समुत्क्रान्तम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-क्रम् (धातु) → समुत्क्रान्त (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies तम्/कुमारम् (one who had leapt up)

• पादयोः: by the two feet
• पादयोः: अधिकरण/अपादानसदृश (Point of grasp)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनरूप (Gen./Loc. dual); here with गृहीतवान् = ‘by the feet’ (locative sense)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• गृहीतवान्: seized/held
• गृहीतवान्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीतवत् (कृदन्त-क्तवत्)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (perfect participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘I had seized’ (speaker implied अहम्)

• चर्मासिनम्: (him) with shield and sword
• चर्मासिनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्म + असि (प्रातिपदिक); चर्मणा असिः यस्य (or ‘shield and sword’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object being whirled/smashed (epithet: bearing shield and sword)

• शतगुणम्: a hundred times
• शतगुणम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial measure)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; used adverbially = ‘a hundredfold/one hundred times’

• भ्रामयित्वा: having whirled (him)
• भ्रामयित्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु) → भ्रामयित्वा (णिच् causative + क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-न्त अव्यय (gerund), causative; ‘having whirled’

• व्यपेषयम्: I smashed/crushed
• व्यपेषयम्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√पिष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Context

"When Mandodari's son, an expert in war had risen up to the sky I caught his feet and whirled him round a hundred times and smashed him.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Akṣa (Mandodarī-putra, implied from preceding verse)
• Laṅkā

FAQs

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

Yuddha-dharma expressed as decisive force against an aggressor: Hanumān acts swiftly to neutralize a lethal enemy in battle while pursuing Rāma’s mission.

What is the narrative situation?

In Laṅkā’s battlefield sequence, Hanumān describes how he defeated Akṣa after the prince sprang into the sky.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Vīrya (valor) and kauśala (combat skill): the ability to respond instantly and overpower a formidable opponent.