Shloka 50

दक्षिणदिशि सीतान्वेषण-आदेशः

Commissioning the Southern Search for Sītā

Devanagari script

अमितबलपराक्रमा भवन्तोविपुलगुणेषु कुलेषु च प्रसूताः।मनुजपतिसुतां यथा लभध्वंतदधिगुणं पुरुषार्थमारभध्वम्।।।।

Transliteration

amita-bala-parākramā bhavanto vipula-guṇeṣu kuleṣu ca prasūtāḥ | manuja-pati-sutāṃ yathā labadhvaṃ tad-adhiguṇaṃ puruṣārtham ārabhadhvam ||

Translation

汝らは量り知れぬ力と武勇を備え、徳に富む家系に生まれた者たちである。ゆえに人の最高の務めに励め。いかなる手立てであれ王の娘（シーター）を見出し得るなら、その勝れた大業を成し遂げよ。

Word by Word

• amita-bala-parākramāḥ: of immeasurable strength and valour
• amita-bala-parākramāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose strength and valour are immeasurable’ (amita-bala-parākrama) qualifying bhavantaḥ

• bhavantaḥ: you (all)
• bhavantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; honorific 2nd-person pronoun-like noun

• vipula-guṇeṣu: in (families) with abundant virtues
• vipula-guṇeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana; कर्मधारय ‘abundant virtues’

• kuleṣu: in families
• kuleṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• prasūtāḥ: born
• prasūtāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sū (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; ‘born’

• manuja-pati-sutām: the king's daughter
• manuja-pati-sutām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक) + sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘daughter of the lord of men (king)’

• yathā: in whatever way/so that
• yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/conjunction (अव्यय) ‘as/how/so that’

• labhadhvam: obtain/find
• labhadhvam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ lakāra (लोट्/Imperative), Madhyama puruṣa (2nd), Bahuvacana; Ātmanepada

• tad-adhiguṇam: that surpassing (excellent)
• tad-adhiguṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + adhiguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: tad-adhiguṇa ‘surpassing that/exceedingly meritorious’; qualifying puruṣārtham

• puruṣārtham: the (proper) human endeavor
• puruṣārtham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘human goal/effort’

• ārabhadhvam: begin/undertake
• ārabhadhvam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rabh (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (Imperative), Madhyama puruṣa, Bahuvacana; Ātmanepada

Context

(Note:The Vindhya range and the several rivers mentioned here are not south of Kishkinda.The inconsistency is irreconcilable. Candidly speaking the geographical description is not at all factual. Some interpolator in the north (Kurukshetra as central region) has committed several anachronous inconsistencies betraying his ignorance of geography.)ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে কিষ্কিন্দাকাণ্ডে একচত্বারিংশস্সর্গঃ৷৷Thus ends the fortyfirst sarga in Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Sītā

FAQs

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

Dharma is exhortation toward a meritorious purpose: strength and noble birth are to be used for righteous action—undertaking the highest ‘puruṣārtha’ here, the recovery of Sītā in service of truth and justice.

What is the narrative situation?

As the instructions conclude, Sugrīva praises the searchers’ capabilities and urges them to begin the mission wholeheartedly so that Sītā may be found.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Purposeful courage: channeling power into a morally elevated task rather than mere display of might.