Shloka 66

औषधिपर्वताहरणम् / The Retrieval of the Herb

Bearing Mountain

Devanagari script

कीमेतदेवंसुविनिश्चितंतेयद्राघवेनासिकृतानुकम्प ।पश्याद्यमद्बाहुबलाभिभूतोविकीर्णमात्मानमथोनगेन्द्र ।।6.74.66।।

Transliteration

kīm etad evaṃ su-viniścitaṃ te yad rāghave nāsi kṛtānukampa | paśyādya madbāhubalābhibhūto vikīrṇam ātmānam atho nagendra || 6.74.66 ||

Translation

ഹേ നഗേന്ദ്രാ! രാഘവനോടു കരുണ കാണിക്കാതിരിക്കണമെന്ന നിന്റെ ഈ ദൃഢനിശ്ചയം എന്ത്? ഇപ്പോൾ നോക്കുക—എന്റെ ഭുജബലത്താൽ കീഴടക്കപ്പെട്ട് നീ ചിതറി തകർന്നുപോകും.

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• सुविनिश्चितम्: well-decided
• सुविनिश्चितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विनिश्चित (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग + कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तान्त कृदन्त (PPP) from नि+चित् ‘to decide’ with prefixes वि, सु; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘well-determined’

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• यत्: that/whereas
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक यद्-शब्द (relative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that/whereas’

• राघवेण: by Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृतानुकम्पः: compassionate (having shown mercy)
• कृतानुकम्पः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + अनुकम्प (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कृता अनुकम्पा येन/‘one who has shown compassion’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (today/now)

• मद्बाहुबलाभिभूतः: overpowered by my arm-strength
• मद्बाहुबलाभिभूतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम) + बाहु + बल + अभिभूत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मम बाहुबलस्य अभिभूतः/‘overpowered by my arm-strength’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विकीर्णम्: scattered
• विकीर्णम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कीर् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘scattered/torn apart’

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अथो: then/indeed
• अथो: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अनन्तर (then/indeed)

• नगेन्द्र: O king of mountains
• नगेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (नगानाम् इन्द्रः/‘king of mountains’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Context

"O King of mountains! You are not showing compassion to Raghava. Is it your determination to be like this? Overcome by my shoulder strength I shall crush you now. You may see."

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāghava (Rāma)

FAQs

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

Hanumān appeals to anukampā (compassion) as dharma: in a righteous cause, withholding aid to the suffering is treated as a moral failure.

What is the narrative situation?

Frustrated by the herbs’ disappearance, Hanumān threatens the mountain, demanding that it yield what is needed to save Rāma’s cause and the wounded.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty and protective commitment to Rāma (dāsya-bhakti), though expressed through fierce intimidation.