Shloka 39

औषधिपर्वताहरणम् / The Retrieval of the Herb

Bearing Mountain

Devanagari script

तस्मिन् सम्पीड्यमानेतुभग्नद्रुमशिलातले ।न शेकुर्वानरास्स्थातुंघूर्णमानेनगोत्तमे ।।6.74.39।।

Transliteration

tasmin sampīḍyamāne tu bhagna-druma-śilā-tale | na śekur vānarāḥ sthātuṃ ghūrṇamānena got­tame ||6.74.39||

Translation

Als jener beste der Berge zerdrückt wurde—seine Fläche übersät mit gebrochenen Bäumen und Felsen—konnten die Vānaras darauf nicht standhalten, während er schwankte und bebte.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (mountain)
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सम्पीड्यमाने: while being pressed
• सम्पीड्यमाने: सति-सप्तमी (circumstantial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्पीड्यमान (कृदन्त; √पीड् धातु, शानच्; कर्मणि)
• Form: वर्तमान कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• भग्न-द्रुम-शिला-तले: on the surface with broken trees and rocks
• भग्न-द्रुम-शिला-तले: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग्न (कृदन्त; √भञ्ज्, क्त) + द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणसमास (locative descriptor)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• शेकुः: were able
• शेकुः: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदी

• वानराः: monkeys
• वानराः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्थातुम्: to stand
• स्थातुम्: प्रयोजन/अनन्तरक्रिया (infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• घूर्णमाने: while (it was) whirling/shaking
• घूर्णमाने: अधिकरण-विशेषण (locative qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घूर्णमान (कृदन्त; √घूर्ण्/√घूर्णय् धातु, शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (present middle participle), सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (nagottame)

• नग-उत्तमे: on the best of mountains
• नग-उत्तमे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Context

As the foremost of the mountain got oppressed it crushed the trees and rocks on it and Vanaras were unable to stand on it.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Vānaras
• Mountain (go-uttama/got­tama)
• Trees (druma)
• Rocks (śilā)

FAQs

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

Dharma recognizes the gravity of collective crisis: the community is destabilized, and hence the urgency of the healer’s mission is morally reinforced.

What is the narrative situation?

The mountain shakes under pressure; other vānaras cannot stand steady, highlighting the intensity of Hanumān’s launch.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Mission-first decisiveness—Hanumān’s action proceeds despite upheaval around him.