Shloka 14

शुकवाक्यं (Śuka’s Report on the Vānara Host) / Śuka Describes the Allied Forces to Rāvaṇa

Devanagari script

अनाधृष्यतमंदेवमपिदेवर्षिदानवैः ।अनासाघैवपतितोभास्करोदयनेगिरौ ।।6.28.14।।

Transliteration

anādhṛṣyatamaṃ devam api devarṣidānavaiḥ |

anāsādhyaiva patito bhāskarodayane girau ||6.28.14||

Translation

ଦେବ, ଦେବର୍ଷି ଓ ଦାନବମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅନାଧୃଷ୍ୟ ସେ ଦେବ ଆଦିତ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ପାଇବାରେ ଅସମର୍ଥ ହୋଇଥିବା ପରି, ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଦୟ ଦିଗର ପର୍ବତ ଉପରେ ସେ ପତିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• anādhṛṣyatamam: most unassailable
• anādhṛṣyatamam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anādhṛṣya-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अतिशय (superlative -tama)

• devam: the god (Sun)
• devam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (here: sun-god)

• api: even
• api: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle; ‘even/also’)

• devarṣi-dānavaiḥ: by gods, sages, and Dānavas
• devarṣi-dānavaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devarṣi + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास; ‘by gods, sages, and Dānavas’ (collective)

• anāsādya: without reaching
• anāsādya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: an-ā√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund) नकारान्त-निषेध सहित; ‘without being able to reach/attain’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle; ‘indeed/just’)

• patitaḥ: fell
• patitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: patita (प्रातिपदिक; √pat से क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāskara-udayane: in the region of sunrise (east)
• bhāskara-udayane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara + udayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘भास्करस्य उदयनम्’ (sunrise region/east)

• girau: on the mountain
• girau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

Context

When he was a child, on seeing the rising Sun, he travelled three thousand yojanas and said, "I will eat up the Sun otherwise I will not be appeased', being proud of his strength."

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Devarṣis
• Dānavas

FAQs

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

Dharma includes humility before cosmic order: some realities (like the Sun’s domain) signify limits that demand reverence and restraint.

What is the narrative situation?

Continuing the childhood account, Śuka notes that Hanumān could not actually seize the Sun and fell upon a mountain in the east.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Awe-inspiring effort paired with the implicit lesson of limitation—greatness is not the same as omnipotence.