Shloka 9

Bhīma–Hanūmān Dialogue on Yugas (युगवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

यद्यागमैर्न विद्यां च तमहं भूतभावनम्‌ । क्रमेयं त्वां गिरिं चैव हनूमानिव सागरम्‌,यदि शास्त्रोंके द्वारा मुझे उन भूतभावन भगवान्‌के स्वरूपका ज्ञान न होता तो मैं तुम्हींको क्या इस पर्वतको भी उसी प्रकार लाँघ जाता, जैसे हनुमानजी समुद्रको लाँघ गये थे

Transliteration

yady āgamair na vidyāṃ ca tam ahaṃ bhūtabhāvanam | kramyeyaṃ tvāṃ giriṃ caiva hanūmān iva sāgaram ||

Translation

Bhima said: “If, through the sacred teachings and the scriptures, I had not gained knowledge of that Lord—the Sustainer and Source of all beings—then I would have overstepped you and even this mountain, just as Hanuman once leapt across the ocean.”

Word by Word

यदिif

आगमैःby scriptures/traditions

नnot

विद्याम्knowledge

चand

तम्him/that (one)

अहम्I

भूतभावनम्the creator/nurturer of beings

क्रमेयम्I would stride over / cross

त्वाम्you

गिरिम्mountain

चand

एवindeed/just

हनूमान्Hanuman

इवlike/as

सागरम्ocean

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhima

Bhūtabhāvana (the Lord, epithet)

Hanuman

Mountain (giri)

Ocean (sāgara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes