Shloka 10

सीताया यशोधर्मविचारः

Sita’s Counsel on Honor, Rescue-Strategy, and Hanuman’s Reassurance

Devanagari script

तदस्मिन् कार्यनिर्योगे वीरैवं दुरतिक्रमे।किं पश्यसि समाधानं ब्रूहि कार्यविदां वरः।।।।

Transliteration

tad asmin kāryaniryoge vīra evaṃ duratikrame | kiṃ paśyasi samādhānaṃ brūhi kāryavidāṃ varaḥ ||

Translation

Así pues, oh héroe—si esta empresa es tan difícil de superar—¿qué resolución práctica ves? Dímelo, pues eres el más eminente entre los diestros en consumar las obras.

Word by Word

• तत्: then, that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; निर्देश (that/then)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी एकवचन (locative sg)

• कार्यनिर्योगे: in this difficult undertaking/task-situation
• कार्यनिर्योगे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्यनिर्योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; कार्यस्य निर्योगः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (loc sg)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative sg)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• दुरतिक्रमे: hard to overcome
• दुरतिक्रमे: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरतिक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक सप्तमी एकवचन; कार्यनिर्योगे इत्यस्य विशेषण (loc sg)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; प्रश्न (what)

• पश्यसि: do you see/consider
• पश्यसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd sg)

• समाधानम्: solution, expedient
• समाधानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (acc sg)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd sg)

• कार्यविदाम्: of the knowers of action/task
• कार्यविदाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्यविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन; कार्यं वेत्ति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय; वरः इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध (gen pl: ‘of those who know the task’)

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Sambodhana/Pratipādya (सम्बोधन/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे विधेय (best/foremost)

Context

'O heroic Hanuman! you know how to succeed. But I wish to know what expedient you have to accomplish which is difficult by all means. O foremost vanara, please tell me .

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Hanumān

FAQs

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

Dharma includes wise deliberation (nīti): even in distress, one should seek a righteous, workable means rather than act rashly.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā questions Hanumān about the best expedient to accomplish the difficult mission of rescue and restoration.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s discernment and strategic prudence—she values competent, dharmic means to achieve a just end.