Shloka 2

Devanagari script

शरणं त्वां प्रपन्ना स्म सर्वे वै धर्मचारिणीं।यः कृतस्समयोऽस्माकं सुग्रीवेण महात्मना।।।।स च कालो ह्यतिक्रान्तो बिले च परिवर्तताम्।

Transliteration

śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapannā sma sarve vai dharmacāriṇīm | yaḥ kṛtaḥ samayo 'smākaṃ sugrīveṇa mahātmanā || sa ca kālo hy atikrānto bile ca parivartatām |

Translation

ହେ ଧର୍ମଚାରିଣୀ ଦେବୀ, ଆମେ ସମସ୍ତେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଶରଣ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଛୁ। ମହାତ୍ମା ସୁଗ୍ରୀବ ଯେ ଆମ ପାଇଁ ସମୟ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧାରଣ କରିଥିଲେ, ଏହି ଗୁହାରେ ଘୁରିବା ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସେ କାଳ ଅତିକ୍ରାନ୍ତ ହୋଇଗଲା।

Word by Word

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; with prapannaḥ construction

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 2nd person pronoun; Accusative (2nd), Singular

• prapannāḥ: have taken (refuge)
• prapannāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pad (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past participle (क्त); Masculine, Nominative, Plural; predicate with sma; agrees with sarve

• sma: we (were/are)
• sma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect auxiliary (लङ्) used with participle; 1st person, Plural; periphrastic past sense

• sarve: all (of us)
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• dharmacāriṇīm: the righteous-practising lady
• dharmacāriṇīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + cāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; epithet of the addressed woman

• yaḥ: which / who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun referring to samayaḥ

• kṛtaḥ: made / fixed
• kṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (of passive sense: 'made')
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with samayaḥ

• samayaḥ: agreement / appointed time
• samayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th), Plural

• sugrīveṇa: by Sugrīva
• sugrīveṇa: Karana (करण) / Karta (कर्ता) (agent of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled
• mahātmanā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; qualifies sugrīveṇa

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• kālaḥ: time
• kālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• hi: indeed / for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• atikrāntaḥ: has passed / elapsed
• atikrāntaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati + kram (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past participle (क्त); Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate with kālaḥ

• bile: in the cave
• bile: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• parivartatām: while (we) were moving about
• parivartatām: Kāla (काल) (circumstantial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present participial genitive plural used as locative absolute-like construction; Genitive (6th), Plural; 'while (we) were moving about/turning' (contextual)

Context

'You are a righteous lady. You have given us refuge. Now in moving about the cave we have exceeded the time limit given by Sugriva.'

Characters & Entities

• Sugriva
• cave (bila)
• Swayamprabhā (implied by 'dharmacāriṇīm' in context)

FAQs

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

Dharma here is accountability to a rightful command and honesty about failure: the Vanaras admit that the agreed time-limit has been exceeded, even while seeking refuge.

What is the narrative situation?

The search-party, delayed inside a mysterious cave, informs the righteous lady who shelters them that Sugriva’s deadline for the mission has passed.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Truthfulness and responsibility—openly acknowledging the lapse in duty rather than concealing it.