Shloka 6

अध्याय १४९ — हनूमतो महद्रूपदर्शनं तथा धर्म-नीति-उपदेशः

Hanūmān’s Vast Form and Instruction on Dharma–Statecraft

Devanagari script

ततोऊहं कार्यसिद्धयर्थ रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मण: । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णमर्णवं सहसा55प्लुत:,तब मैं अनायास ही महान्‌ कर्म करनेवाले श्रीरघुनाथजीकी कार्यसिद्धिके लिये सहसा सौ योजन विस्तृत समुद्रको लाँध गया

Transliteration

tato ’haṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | śatayojanavistīrṇam arṇavaṃ sahasā plutaḥ ||

Translation

Entonces yo, para que se cumpliera la empresa de Rāma, cuyas obras no conocen fatiga ni flaqueza, salté de inmediato el océano, de cien yojanas de anchura. El pasaje exalta la acción rápida y desinteresada al servicio de una misión justa, donde el propio poder se subordina al logro de la causa recta.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

ऊहंI considered, I inferred

कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थम्for the sake of accomplishing the task

रामस्यof Rama

अक्लिष्टकर्मणःof (him) whose deeds are untroubled/effortless

शतयोजनविस्तीर्णम्spread over a hundred yojanas

अर्णवम्ocean

सहसाsuddenly, at once

अप्लुतःhaving leapt over / crossed by a leap

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rāma

arṇava (the ocean)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Effective dharmic action is marked by promptness, capability, and selflessness: one uses one’s strength not for display but to ensure the success of a righteous objective (kāryasiddhi) in service of a worthy leader and cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker narrates that he immediately crossed a vast ocean—described as a hundred yojanas wide—in order to help bring about the successful completion of Rāma’s undertaking.