Shloka 26

Devanagari script

गोलाङ्गूलांश्च शार्दूली व्याघ्रांश्चाजनयत्सुतान्।दिशागजांश्च काकुत्स्थ श्वेताप्यजनयत्सुतान्।।3.14.26।।

Transliteration

golāṅgūlāṁś ca śārdūlī vyāghrāṁś cājanayat sutān |

diśāgajāṁś ca kākutstha śvetāpy ajanayat sutān ||3.14.26||

Translation

Śārdūlī gerou filhos: tigres e os vânaras brincalhões de corpo roliço chamados Golāṅgūla; e Śvetā também, ó Kakutstha, deu à luz os elefantes das direções, guardiões dos oito quadrantes.

Word by Word

• गोलाङ्गूलान्: round-tailed ones (a kind of monkeys)
• गोलाङ्गूलान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोल + अङ्गूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (gola-aṅgūla: 'round-tailed/with round tail')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शार्दूली: Sarduli
• शार्दूली: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्दूली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (proper/common: tigress-name)

• व्याघ्रान्: tigers
• व्याघ्रान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अजनयत्: gave birth to
• अजनयत्: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in context 'bore/procreated'

• सुतान्: sons
• सुतान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• दिशागजान्: elephants of the directions
• दिशागजान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिशा + गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (diśā-gaja: 'elephants of the quarters')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• काकुत्स्थ: O Kakutstha
• काकुत्स्थ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकुत्स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; नाम (epithet of Rama)

• श्वेता: Sweta
• श्वेता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (proper noun)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• अजनयत्: gave birth to
• अजनयत्: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुतान्: sons
• सुतान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Context

O Rama, Sarduli gave birth to tigers and playful, round-bodied monkeys called Golangula and Sweta delivered elephants as sons for guarding the eight quarters.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Golāṅgūla
• Śvetā
• Diśāgaja

FAQs

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

The verse frames creation as ordered and purposeful: beings arise with roles (e.g., directional elephants as guardians). Dharma here is the idea of a structured moral cosmos where protection and duty are embedded in existence.

What is the narrative situation?

Jaṭāyu is introducing himself and recounting genealogical/cosmic origins, continuing a lineage narrative addressed to Rāma in the Daṇḍaka forest.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Jaṭāyu’s virtue of truthful instruction and respectful counsel—he speaks as an elder well-wisher, grounding Rāma in sacred tradition.