Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 25

हनुमता सीतासंवादोपायचिन्ता

Hanuman’s Deliberation on How to Address Sita

Devanagari script

मम रूपं च सम्प्रेक्ष्य वने विचरतो महत्।।।।राक्षस्यो भयवित्रस्ता भवेयुर्विकृताननाः।

Transliteration

mama rūpaṃ ca samprekṣya vane vicarato mahat | rākṣasyo bhayavitrastā bhaveyur vikṛtānanāḥ ||

Translation

また、林の中を巡る私の巨大な姿を見れば、醜悪な顔の羅刹女たちは恐怖に打たれ、狼狽して震え上がるであろう。

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + प्रेक्ष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having looked at’

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• विचरतः: of (me) roaming
• विचरतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (‘of (me) roaming’)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular agreeing with ‘रूपम्’

• राक्षस्यः: ogresses
• राक्षस्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• भय-वित्रस्ताः: terrified
• भय-वित्रस्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + वित्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भयेन वित्रस्ताः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• भवेयुः: would become
• भवेयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Parasmaipada

• विकृत-आननाः: hideous-faced
• विकृत-आननाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (विकृतम् आननं येषाम्); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (qualifying ‘राक्षस्यः’)

Context

"These ogresses with their hideous faces will be frightened on looking at my huge form moving in this grove.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• rākṣasī (ogress-guards)

FAQs

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

Dharma as responsibility: Hanumān recognizes that even justified power must be applied carefully so it does not endanger the protected person (Sītā) or trigger needless violence.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān anticipates that his visible, immense presence in the grove will frighten the guards and lead to an alarm.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Discretion—choosing a course that maximizes success and minimizes collateral harm.