Shloka 70

रामलक्षणवर्णनम्

Description of Rama and Lakshmana; Alliance Narrative to Sita

Devanagari script

अथाहं हरिसैन्यस्य सागरं प्रेक्ष्य सीदतः।व्यवधूय भयं तीव्रं योजनानां शतं प्लुतः।।।।

Transliteration

athāhaṃ harisainyasya sāgaraṃ prekṣya sīdataḥ |

vyavadhūya bhayaṃ tīvraṃ yojanānāṃ śataṃ plutaḥ ||

Translation

そのとき、海を見、猿軍が絶望に沈むのを見て、私は激しい恐れを払い、百ヨージャナをひと跳びに越えた。

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भ-बोधक (then/thereupon)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिसैन्यस्य: of the vanara army
• हरिसैन्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिसैन्य (प्रातिपदिक; हरि + सैन्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• प्रेक्ष्य: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; 'having looked at'

• सीदतः: of (it) sinking/desponding
• सीदतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; हरिसैन्यस्य इति विशेषणम् (of the desponding army)

• व्यवधूय: having cast off
• व्यवधूय: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + धू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; 'having shaken off/removed'

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तीव्रम्: intense
• तीव्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भयम् इति विशेषणम्

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (कर्म; extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; परिमाण (measure)

• प्लुतः: leapt
• प्लुतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having leapt'

Context

"When the vanara army was feeling despondent at the sight of the ocean, I leaped across the sea, a hundred yojanas, pushing aside all my fear.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Vanara army (harisainya)
• Ocean (sāgara)

FAQs

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

Dharma here is steadfast duty in service of a righteous cause—Hanumān subordinates personal fear to the mission undertaken for Rāma and for Sītā’s welfare.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān recounts to Sītā how, when the vanaras were discouraged on seeing the vast ocean, he resolved to cross it and did so by a mighty leap.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Courage anchored in devotion and responsibility—fear is acknowledged but deliberately overcome for the sake of the task.