Shloka 31

हनूमद्बलप्रबोधनम् / Jāmbavān Rekindles Hanūmān’s Power

Devanagari script

वयमद्य गतप्राणा भवान्नस्त्रातु साम्प्रतम्।दाक्ष्यविक्रमसम्पन्नः कपिराज इवापरः।।।।

Transliteration

vayam adya gataprāṇā bhavān nas trātu sāmpratam | dākṣyavikramasampannaḥ kapirāja ivāparaḥ ||

Translation

我らは今や命を失ったも同然。どうかただちに我らを救いたまえ。巧みと武勇を備え、まるで別の猿王のごとく。

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 1st person pronoun

• अद्य: now; today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb: today/now)

• गतप्राणाः: lifeless; as good as dead
• गतप्राणाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of vayam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (गम्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) + षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्राणाः गताः येषाम् = whose life-breaths are gone)

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; understood agent of saving)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 'you')

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic); अर्थे दत्त/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोगः (for us)

• त्रातु: to save
• त्रातु: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); अर्थः: 'to save'

• साम्प्रतम्: at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: at present)

• दाक्ष्यविक्रमसम्पन्नः: endowed with skill and valor
• दाक्ष्यविक्रमसम्पन्नः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of bhavān)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाक्ष्य + विक्रम + सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (दाक्ष्येन विक्रमेण च सम्पन्नः = endowed with skill and valor)

• कपिराजः: monkey-king
• कपिराजः: Upamana (उपमान/Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ-तत्पुरुषः (कपीनां राजा)

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle: like)

• अपरः: another; a second
• अपरः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (another/second)

Context

'Now we have almost lost our life.You are our saviour like another monkey-king (like Garuda, king of birds).You are fully endowed with valour and courage.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• vānaras (implied collective ‘we’)
• kapirāja (monkey-king, as a comparison)

FAQs

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

Dharma includes leadership in crisis: the capable must protect and uplift the community when others are overwhelmed.

What is the narrative situation?

The vānaras feel helpless before the mission’s challenge and urge Hanumān to take charge and rescue their effort.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Dākṣya (practical skill) joined with vikrama (heroic initiative)—effective courage, not mere strength.