Shloka 3

वानरमुख्य-परिचयः

Catalogue of Principal Vānara Leaders

Devanagari script

त्वंतुसौम्यपरित्रस्तोहरिभिर्निर्जितोभृशम् ।प्रतिप्रदानमद्यैवसीतायास्साधुमन्यसे ।।।।

Transliteration

tvaṃ tu saumya paritrasto haribhir nirjito bhṛśam |

pratipradānam adyaiva sītāyāḥ sādhu manyase ||6.26.3||

Translation

Tetapi engkau, wahai yang mulia, setelah ditewaskan dengan hebat oleh para Vānara dan kini ketakutan, menganggap bahawa memulangkan Sītā pada hari ini juga ialah jalan yang benar.

Word by Word

त्वम्you

तुbut

सौम्यO gentle one

परित्रस्तःfrightened

हरिभिःby the vanaras

निर्जितःdefeated

भृशम्greatly

प्रतिप्रदानम्returning (her) back

अद्यtoday

एवindeed

सीतायाःof Sita

साधुright/proper

मन्यसेyou think

Context

"O king! He who is like a lion, of tawny colour with long hair, who is steady, who is looking at Lanka as though he is going to burn with his eyes, he who is followed by thirty hundred thousand Vanara warriors of dreadful form and terrific valour are marching to crush Lanka, is called Rambha the leader of the troop. He was always ruling over Vindhya, Krishnagiri and Sudarsanam mountains."

Characters & Entities

Sītā

Vānara forces (haribhiḥ)

FAQs

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

The dharmic remedy for wrongdoing is restitution: returning Sītā is presented as the morally right act, regardless of fear or defeat.

What is the narrative situation?

Within the Laṅkā deliberations, a speaker rebukes or diagnoses the addressee’s fear after Vānara victories and frames the idea of returning Sītā as the proper step.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral clarity in counsel: recognizing that right action (returning what was wrongly taken) is the path back toward dharma and satya.