Shloka 32

हनूमद्बलप्रबोधनम् / Jāmbavān Rekindles Hanūmān’s Power

Devanagari script

त्रिविक्रमे मया तात सशैलवनकानना।त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी परिक्रान्ता प्रदक्षिणम्।।।।

Transliteration

trivikramē mayā tāta saśailavanakānanā |

tris-saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī parikrāntā pradakṣiṇam ||

Translation

താതാ, ത്രിവിക്രമന്റെ യുഗത്തിൽ ഞാൻ പർവ്വതങ്ങളും വനങ്ങളും ഉപവനങ്ങളും ഉൾപ്പെടെ സർവ്വ ഭൂമിയെയും ഇരുപത്തൊന്നു പ്രാവശ്യം പ്രദക്ഷിണമായി പരിക്രമിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• त्रिविक्रमे: in (the time of) Trivikrama
• त्रिविक्रमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम (at the time of Trivikrama)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 1st person pronoun

• तात: dear (son)
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; स्नेह-सम्बोधन

• सशैलवनकानना: with mountains, woods, and forests
• सशैलवनकानना: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of pṛthivī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शैल + वन + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (स- = 'with') बहुवचनार्थ-समाहारः: 'with mountains, woods, and forests'

• त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वः: twenty-one times
• त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Measure-frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस् (अव्यय) + सप्त + कृत्वस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-समासेन कृत्वस्-प्रयोगः; अव्ययवत् (adverb: twenty-one times)

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karma (कर्म/Object; of 'parikrāntā')
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परिक्रान्ता: (was) circumambulated
• परिक्रान्ता: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'circumambulated'

• प्रदक्षिणम्: clockwise; as pradakṣiṇā
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपे नपुंसक एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative: keeping the right side)

Context

'Cheer up and advance.You are the best among the creatures that can leap.The entire army of monkeys want to see your valour.

Characters & Entities

• Trivikrama (Viṣṇu/Vāmana)
• Earth (Pṛthivī)

FAQs

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

Dharma is shown as reverence and disciplined effort: sacred acts (like pradakṣiṇā) symbolize steady commitment to what is higher and true.

What is the narrative situation?

Jāmbavān recalls ancient feats from the time of Trivikrama to establish his own experience and to motivate Hanumān toward a seemingly impossible journey.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Perseverance supported by sacred orientation—turning memory of divine acts into human resolve.