Shloka 38

ऋक्षबिलप्रवेशः

Entry into the Rikshabilam Cave

Devanagari script

तत्र तत्र विचिन्वन्तो बिले तस्मिन्महाबलाः।।।।ददृशुर्वानराश्शूराः स्त्रियं काञ्चिददूरतः।

Transliteration

tatra tatra vicinvanto bile tasmin mahābalāḥ | dadṛśur vānarāḥ śūrāḥ striyaṃ kāñcid adūrataḥ ||

Translation

ထိုဂူအတွင်း၌ အင်အားကြီး၍ ရဲရင့်သော ဝါနရသူရဲကောင်းတို့သည် နေရာနေရာ စူးစမ်းရှာဖွေနေစဉ် မဝေးလှသောနေရာတွင် မိန်းမတစ်ဦးကို မြင်တွေ့ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• तत्र: here and there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (distributive)

• विचिन्वन्तः: searching
• विचिन्वन्तः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चि (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle, शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agentive)

• बिले: in the cave
• बिले: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘बिले’ इति विशेषण (that)

• महाबलाः: very strong
• महाबलाः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘महच्च तत् बलं यस्य’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वानराः’ विशेषयति

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• वानराः: monkeys
• वानराः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शूराः: heroes, valiant
• शूराः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वानराः’ विशेषयति

• स्त्रियम्: a woman
• स्त्रियम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• काञ्चित्: some
• काञ्चित्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite: some), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्त्रियम्’ विशेषयति

• अदूरतः: not far away
• अदूरतः: देशाधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अदूर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्ययीभाव-निष्पन्न क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: from not far)

Context

The amazed monkeys stopped there. Hanuman enquired, 'Who are you? Whose cave is this'?

Characters & Entities

• vānaras (search party)

FAQs

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

Dharma involves respectful discernment: encountering an unknown person in a liminal, dangerous space calls for caution and proper conduct rather than impulsive action.

What is the narrative situation?

During the cave search, the vānaras unexpectedly spot a woman nearby.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Alertness joined with restraint—maintaining composure when something unexpected appears.