Shloka 3

अध्याय १४९ — हनूमतो महद्रूपदर्शनं तथा धर्म-नीति-उपदेशः

Hanūmān’s Vast Form and Instruction on Dharma–Statecraft

Devanagari script

स राज्यं प्राप्य सुग्रीव: सीताया: परिमार्गणे | वानरान्‌ प्रेषयामास शतशो5थ सहसत्रश:,राज्य पाकर सुग्रीवने सीताजीकी खोजके लिये सौ-सौ तथा हजार-हजार वानरोंकी टोली इधर-उधर भेजी

Transliteration

sa rājyaṃ prāpya sugrīvaḥ sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇe | vānarān preṣayāmāsa śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Having obtained the kingship, Sugrīva set about the search for Sītā. To locate her, he dispatched bands of vānaras in hundreds and in thousands in various directions—an example of a ruler turning authority into organized, purposeful service to a righteous cause.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, having obtained

• सुग्रीवः: Sugriva
• सुग्रीवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सीतायाः: of Sita
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• परिमार्गणे: in the searching, in the quest
• परिमार्गणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिमार्गण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वानरान्: monkeys, vanaras
• वानरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रेषयामास: sent forth, dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इष् (प्रेषयति)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Active

• शतशः: by hundreds, in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्
• Form: adverb

• अथ: then, and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: particle

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्
• Form: adverb

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Sītā
• Vānaras