Agni Purana — Avatara-lila, Shloka 27
Chapter 9 — श्रीरामावतारकथनम् (Śrī Rāmāvatāra-kathanam) | Hanumān’s Ocean-Crossing, Sītā-Darśana, and the Setu Plan
तया विना न जीवामि सुग्रीवाद्यैः प्रबोधितः समुद्रतीरं गतवान् तत्र रामं विभीषणः
tayā vinā na jīvāmi sugrīvādyaiḥ prabodhitaḥ samudratīraṃ gatavān tatra rāmaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
“Sem ela não posso viver.” Assim, admoestado e despertado por Sugrīva e pelos demais, Vibhīṣaṇa foi à beira-mar e ali se aproximou de Rāma.
Lord Agni (narrating to Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s encyclopedic discourse)
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Dosha: Vata
Alamkara Type: Vakrokti (emphatic statement of non-survival)
Concept: Suhṛt-dharma: friends must correct destructive grief; duty continues despite pain.
Application: Build a circle that can challenge you compassionately; let counsel convert emotion into disciplined action.
Khanda Section: Itihasa-Samgraha (Ramayana Narrative Summary)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: Tirtha
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: सुग्रीवाद्यैः = सुग्रीव + आद्यैः; समुद्रतीरं = समुद्र + तीरम्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 9.23-9.26 (grief-to-hope arc leading here)
FAQs
No ritual or technical vidyā is taught here; the verse conveys an itihāsa narrative point: Vibhīṣaṇa, urged by Sugrīva and others, proceeds to the seashore to meet Rāma, emphasizing purposeful action and seeking righteous alliance.
The Agni Purana integrates concise retellings of major epics (like the Ramayana) alongside ritual, polity, medicine, and aesthetics; this verse exemplifies the Purana’s compendious method—preserving dharma-centered narrative episodes as instructive cultural knowledge.
Spiritually, it highlights turning toward dharma by approaching a righteous protector (Rāma); karmically, it implies that timely counsel (from Sugrīva and others) and seeking refuge in virtue-oriented leadership supports right action and moral purification.