Shloka 71

समुद्रलङ्घनारम्भः

Commencement of the Ocean-Crossing

Devanagari script

विकर्षन्नूर्मिजालानि बृहन्ति लवणाम्भसि।पुप्लुवे कपिशार्दूलो विकिरन्निव रोदसी।।।।

Transliteration

vikarṣann ūrmijālāni bṛhanti lavaṇāmbhasi | pupluve kapiśārdūlo vikirann iva rodasī ||

Translation

ലവണജലമുള്ള സമുദ്രത്തിൽ തമ്മിൽ പിണഞ്ഞുകിടക്കുന്ന മഹത്തായ തരംഗജാലങ്ങളെ വലിച്ചിഴച്ച്, കപിശാർദൂലൻ മുന്നോട്ട് ചാടി—ഭൂമിയും ആകാശവും എന്ന രണ്ടു ലോകങ്ങളെ പിളർത്തുന്നതുപോലെ॥

Word by Word

• vikarṣan: pulling/dragging
• vikarṣan: Karta (कर्ता) सहकारी क्रिया (concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+√kṛṣ (धातु) → vikarṣat (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle, Parasmaipada); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन (agreeing with कर्ता)

• ūrmijālāni: masses/nets of waves
• ūrmijālāni: Karma (कर्म) of vikarṣan
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrmi + jāla (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ūrmīṇāṃ jālāni = nets/masses of waves)

• bṛhanti: huge/mighty
• bṛhanti: Karma (कर्म) विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bṛhat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ūrmijālāni)

• lavaṇāmbhasi: in the salt-water (ocean)
• lavaṇāmbhasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण) locus
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (lavaṇam ambhaḥ = salty water)

• pupluve: leapt
• pupluve: Kriya (क्रिया) main verb
• Type: Verb
• Root: √plu (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kapiśārdūlaḥ: the tiger among monkeys (Hanuman)
• kapiśārdūlaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) subject
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapi + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kapīnām śārdūlaḥ = tiger among monkeys)

• vikiran: scattering/dividing
• vikiran: Karta (कर्ता) सहकारी क्रिया (concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+√kṛ (धातु) → vikirat (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन (agreeing with कर्ता)

• iva: as if/like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) upamā-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• rodasī: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• rodasī: Karma (कर्म) of vikirann (figurative object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rodas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन; द्यावापृथिव्यौ/द्यावापृथिवी (the two worlds: heaven and earth)

Context

As the tiger among the monkeys pushed the big network of waves of the salt-water ocean and leaped forward, it appeared as if he was drawing the intermediary space dividing the earth and the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Ocean (lavaṇāmbhas)

FAQs

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

Dharma is courageous execution of a truthful duty: Hanumān’s leap symbolizes crossing the impossible boundary to uphold justice and restore truth (Satya) to Rāma’s world.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān surges forward over the ocean; the waves are pulled and displaced, creating an image of cosmic-scale motion.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Parākrama (bold valor) combined with unwavering fidelity to the righteous mission.