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Shloka 87

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

हनूमानुवाच किमर्थ सरुजस्ते5हं सुखसुप्त: प्रबोधित: । ननु नाम त्वया कार्या दया भूतेषु जानता,हनुमानजी बोले--भाई! मैं तो रोगी हूँ और यहाँ सुखसे सो रहा था। तुमने क्यों मुझे जगा दिया? तुम समझदार हो। तुम्हें सब प्राणियोंपर दया करनी चाहिये

Hanūmān uvāca: kimarthaṁ sarujas te ’haṁ sukha-suptaḥ prabodhitaḥ? nanu nāma tvayā kāryā dayā bhūteṣu jānatā.

Hanūmān disse: “Por que me despertaste, se estou enfermo e dormia confortavelmente? Certamente, tu, que sabes o que é correto, deves mostrar compaixão por todos os seres vivos.”

हनूमान्Hanuman
हनूमान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहनूमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
किमर्थम्for what reason / why
किमर्थम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिमर्थम्
सरुजःsick, afflicted with pain
सरुजः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसरुज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेof you / your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
सुखसुप्तःsleeping comfortably
सुखसुप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुख-सुप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रबोधितःawakened
प्रबोधितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-बुध्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)
ननुindeed / surely
ननु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootननु
नामindeed (emphatic particle)
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
कार्याto be done / should be done
कार्या:
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दयाcompassion
दया:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदया
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भूतेषुin/among beings
भूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
जानताby one who knows / being wise
जानता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

H
Hanuman

Educational Q&A

A wise person should practice compassion (dayā) toward all beings; even small acts like disturbing someone unnecessarily are framed as lapses in considerate, dharmic conduct.

Hanuman, who had been resting while unwell, questions why he was awakened and uses the moment to remind the other party that a discerning person should be compassionate to living creatures.