Shloka 87

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

हनूमानुवाच किमर्थ सरुजस्ते5हं सुखसुप्त: प्रबोधित: । ननु नाम त्वया कार्या दया भूतेषु जानता,हनुमानजी बोले--भाई! मैं तो रोगी हूँ और यहाँ सुखसे सो रहा था। तुमने क्यों मुझे जगा दिया? तुम समझदार हो। तुम्हें सब प्राणियोंपर दया करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

Hanūmān uvāca: kimarthaṁ sarujas te ’haṁ sukha-suptaḥ prabodhitaḥ? nanu nāma tvayā kāryā dayā bhūteṣu jānatā.

Translation

ハヌーマーンは言った。「なぜ私を起こしたのだ。私は病み、心地よく眠っていたのに。正しきを知る者なら、あらゆる生きとし生けるものに慈悲を示すべきだ。」

Word by Word

हनूमान्Hanuman

उवाचsaid

किमर्थम्for what reason / why

सरुजःsick, afflicted with pain

तेof you / your

अहम्I

सुखसुप्तःsleeping comfortably

प्रबोधितःawakened

ननुindeed / surely

नामindeed (emphatic particle)

त्वयाby you

कार्याto be done / should be done

दयाcompassion

भूतेषुin/among beings

जानताby one who knows / being wise

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Hanuman

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A wise person should practice compassion (dayā) toward all beings; even small acts like disturbing someone unnecessarily are framed as lapses in considerate, dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Hanuman, who had been resting while unwell, questions why he was awakened and uses the moment to remind the other party that a discerning person should be compassionate to living creatures.