Shloka 42

वानरसेनामिलनम् / The Mustering of the Vanara Hosts

Devanagari script

अपरे वानरश्रेष्ठास्सङ्गम्य च यथोचितम्।सुग्रीवेण समागम्य स्थिताः प्राञ्जलय स्तदा।।4.39.42।।

Transliteration

apare vānaraśreṣṭhāḥ saṅgamya ca yathocitam |

sugrīveṇa samāgamya sthitāḥ prāñjalayas tadā || 4.39.42 ||

Translation

また別の、ヴァーナラの中でも最も優れた者たちは、礼にかなって近づき、スグリーヴァに拝謁すると、合掌してその場に立った。

Word by Word

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (pronoun/adjectival), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• वानरश्रेष्ठाः: the foremost among monkeys
• वानरश्रेष्ठाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वानराणां श्रेष्ठाः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सङ्गम्य: having assembled
• सङ्गम्य: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having assembled/come together’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यथोचितम्: as appropriate, duly
• यथोचितम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial)

• सुग्रीवेण: with Sugriva
• सुग्रीवेण: सह (Saha/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समागम्य: having approached
• समागम्य: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having approached/met’

• स्थिताः: stood
• स्थिताः: क्रिया (State/action of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• प्राञ्जलयः: with folded hands
• प्राञ्जलयः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘प्राञ्जलि’ = अञ्जलिं प्रगृह्य (with folded hands)

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Context

Sugriva told the chiefs to station the forces by the side of swift mountain streams, in forests, and hills and ascertain their exact number.ইত্যার্ষ শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে কিষ্কিন্ধাকাণ্ডে একোনচত্বারিংশস্সর্গঃ৷৷Thus ends the thirtyninth sarga of Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Sugriva
• Vanara chiefs

FAQs

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

Maryādā (proper conduct): approaching a leader with appropriate etiquette reflects dharma in social and political order.

What is the narrative situation?

Additional vanara leaders arrive and formally greet Sugriva.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Courtesy and self-restraint even amid military excitement.