Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सद्रुमं कदलीषण्डं छादयन्नमितद्युति: । गिरेश्लोच्छूयमाक्रम्य तस्थौ तत्र च वानर:,उन्होंने अपने भाईका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे अत्यन्त विशाल शरीर धारण किया। उनका शरीर लंबाई, चौड़ाई और ऊँचाईमें बहुत बड़ा हो गया। वे अमित तेजस्वी वानरवीर वृक्षोंसहित समूचे कदलीवनको आच्छादित करते हुए गन्धमादन पर्वतकी ऊँचाईको भी लाँघकर वहाँ खड़े हो गये

Transliteration

sadrumaṃ kadalīṣaṇḍaṃ chādayann amitadyutiḥ | gireś locchūyam ākramya tasthau tatra ca vānaraḥ ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: Sang kera perkasa yang bercahaya tanpa batas menutupi seluruh rumpun pisang beserta pepohonannya. Melangkahi ketinggian gunung, ia pun berhenti berdiri di sana.

Word by Word

सद्रुमम्together with trees

कदलीषण्डम्a clump/grove of banana trees

छादयन्covering, overshadowing

अमितद्युति:of immeasurable radiance

गिरेःof the mountain

उच्छ्रयम्height, elevation

आक्रम्यhaving overstepped/stridden across

तस्थौstood

तत्रthere

चand

वानरःthe monkey (hero)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

vānara (monkey-hero)

kadalīṣaṇḍa (banana grove)

giri (mountain)

Gandhamādana (as per context/translation tradition)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Extraordinary power gains ethical meaning when directed toward a rightful purpose—here, strength is portrayed as disciplined capability used to fulfill a duty of loyalty and to bring benefit to one’s kin, rather than as mere display.

What is happening in the narrative?

A radiant vānara enlarges his body to immense proportions, overshadowing a banana-grove and striding beyond the mountain’s height, then stands there—signaling a decisive, purposeful advance in the journey (traditionally connected with the Gandhamādana episode).