Shloka 7

वानरमुख्य-परिचयः

Catalogue of Principal Vānara Leaders

Devanagari script

तदपारमसंख्ख्येयंवानराणांमहद्बलं ।अलोक्यरावणोराजापरिपप्रच्छसारणम् ।।।।

Transliteration

tad apāram asaṅkhyeyaṁ vānarāṇāṁ mahad balam |

alokya rāvaṇo rājā paripapraccha sāraṇam ||6.26.7||

Translation

Als König Rāvaṇa jene gewaltige, grenzenlose und unzählbare Streitmacht der Vānaras erblickte, befragte er Sāraṇa weiter.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘balam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• apāram: boundless
• apāram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘balam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• asaṅkhyeyam: uncountable
• asaṅkhyeyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-saṅkhyeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘balam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• vānarāṇām: of the monkeys
• vānarāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• mahat: great
• mahat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘balam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• balam: army/force
• balam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• alokya: having seen
• alokya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया: ‘having seen’

• rāvaṇaḥ: Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘rāvaṇaḥ’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• paripapraccha: asked (repeatedly/in detail)
• paripapraccha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√prach (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sāraṇam: Sāraṇa
• sāraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

Context

Ravana seeing the innumerable army force of monkeys which was impossible to count again enquired looking at Saarana.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Sāraṇa
• Vanara army

FAQs

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

Even amid adharma-driven aims, prudent inquiry is a duty of rulership; dharma values clear seeing and truthful assessment over delusion and bravado.

What is the narrative situation?

After witnessing the immense Vanara host, Rāvaṇa turns to Sāraṇa to identify leaders and gauge the threat.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Vicāra (deliberation) and strategic inquiry—an element of rāja-dharma—though in Rāvaṇa it is tensioned against arrogance and anger.