Shloka 82

समुद्रलङ्घनारम्भः

Commencement of the Ocean-Crossing

Devanagari script

प्रविशन्नभ्रजालानि निष्पतंश्च पुनः पुनः।प्रच्छन्नश्च प्रकाशश्च चन्द्रमा इव लक्ष्यते।।।।

Transliteration

praviśann abhrajālāni niṣpataṃś ca punaḥ punaḥ |

pracchannaś ca prakāśaś ca candramā iva lakṣyate ||

Translation

Pénétrant les treillis de nuages et en jaillissant sans cesse, il apparaissait tantôt voilé, tantôt éclatant, tel la lune au milieu des bancs de nuées mouvantes.

Word by Word

• प्रविशन्: entering
• प्रविशन्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (adverbial participle)

• अभ्रजालानि: masses/strings of clouds
• अभ्रजालानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• निष्पतन्: coming out/leaping out
• निष्पतन्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस् + पत् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb of repetition)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• प्रच्छन्नः: covered/hidden
• प्रच्छन्नः: Karta-anvaya (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + छद् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• प्रकाशः: bright/visible
• प्रकाशः: Karta-anvaya (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + काश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• चन्द्रमा: the moon
• चन्द्रमा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• लक्ष्यते: is seen/appears
• लक्ष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is seen')

Context

Entering into and emerging from the clouds, he looked like the Moon that appears and disappears (behind a bank of clouds).

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Moon (candramā)
• clouds (abhra)

FAQs

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

Dharma is shown as unwavering progress despite obstacles: concealment and revelation symbolize how a righteous agent continues forward even when circumstances alternately obscure and support him.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān’s flight is described poetically as he passes in and out of cloud formations over the sea.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Dhṛti (fortitude): steady movement through changing conditions.