Shloka 33

रावणभवनपरिक्रमणं हनूमतः शोकविचारश्च

Hanuman’s Circuit of Ravana’s Palace and the Crisis of Deliberation

Devanagari script

सान्त्वेनानुप्रदानेन मानेन च यशस्विना।।।।लालिताः कपिराजेन प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति वानराः।

Transliteration

sāntvenānupradānena mānena ca yaśasvinā |

lālitāḥ kapirājena prāṇāṃs tyakṣyanti vānarāḥ ||

Translation

慰めと施しと誉れとによって名高き猿王に慈しまれてきたヴァーナラたちは、ついには命さえ捨て去るであろう。

Word by Word

• सान्त्वेन: by consolation
• सान्त्वेन: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अनुप्रदानेन: by giving gifts
• अनुप्रदानेन: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनु + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक; √दा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मानेन: by honor/respect
• मानेन: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• यशस्विना: by the illustrious one
• यशस्विना: करण (Instrument; agent in passive sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) of कपिराजेन

• लालिताः: cherished
• लालिताः: कर्ता (Karta; predicate adjective of vānarāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लल् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'cherished/reared'

• कपिराजेन: by the monkey-king
• कपिराजेन: करण (Instrument; agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (कपीनां राजा = king of monkeys)

• प्राणान्: lives
• प्राणान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• त्यक्ष्यन्ति: will abandon/give up
• त्यक्ष्यन्ति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• वानराः: vanaras
• वानराः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Context

"The vanaras who were reared by the king's kind words, gifts and care will give up their life.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva (kapirāja)
• Vānaras

FAQs

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

Dharma is reciprocal: a righteous leader protects and honors his people, and the people respond with steadfast loyalty—so the messenger must protect that bond by completing the entrusted task.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān foresees that Sugrīva’s nurtured followers would lose the will to live if the mission ends in failure.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyal service to the common good—Hanumān’s duty is not private success but safeguarding the life and morale of the whole alliance.