Shloka 37

हनूमद्बलप्रबोधनम् / Jāmbavān Rekindles Hanūmān’s Power

Devanagari script

विषण्णा हरयस्सर्वे हनुमन्किमुपेक्षसे।विक्रमस्व महावेगो विष्णुस्त्रीन्विक्रमानिव।।।।

Transliteration

viṣaṇṇā harayaḥ sarve hanuman kim upekṣase |

vikramasva mahāvego viṣṇus trīn vikramān iva ||

Translation

ହେ ହନୁମାନ! ସମସ୍ତ ହରିମାନେ ବିଷଣ୍ଣ ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି—ତୁମେ କାହିଁକି ଉପେକ୍ଷା କରୁଛ? ହେ ମହାବେଗୀ, ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ତ୍ରିବିକ୍ରମ ହୋଇ ତିନି ପଦକ୍ଷେପରେ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ମାପିଥିଲେ, ସେପରି ପରାକ୍ରମେ ଆଗେ ବଢ଼।

Word by Word

• विषण्णाः: dejected
• विषण्णाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of harayaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• हरयः: monkeys
• हरयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of harayaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• हनुमन्: O Hanuman
• हनुमन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• किम्: why
• किम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक अव्ययवत् (interrogative: why/what)

• उपेक्षसे: do you neglect/delay
• उपेक्षसे: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विक्रमस्व: stride forth; exert yourself
• विक्रमस्व: Kriya (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महावेगः: O great-speed (one)
• महावेगः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रायः/प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् वेगः यस्य)

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Upamana (उपमान/Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रीन्: three
• त्रीन्: Karma (कर्म/Object; of implied 'took/stepped')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• विक्रमान्: strides
• विक्रमान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (like)

Context

'Garuda is very powerful, swift, and famous. I have seen him snatching serpents from the ocean many times.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Vānara army
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

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

Dharma demands timely action: delaying when others suffer and the mission is righteous becomes a lapse in duty.

What is the narrative situation?

Seeing the vānara host discouraged at the ocean’s edge, Jāmbavān presses Hanumān to act immediately, invoking Viṣṇu’s Trivikrama as a model.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Kṣipratā (promptness) in service—speed used for righteousness, not impulse.