Shloka 26

मैत्रीप्रतिष्ठा

Rama–Sugriva Alliance and Fire-Rite of Friendship

Devanagari script

उपकारफलं मित्रं विदितं मे महाकपे4.5.26।।वालिनं तं वधिष्यामि तव भार्यापहारिणम्।

Transliteration

upakāraphalaṃ mitraṃ viditaṃ me mahākape | vālinam taṃ vadhiṣyāmi tava bhāryāpahāriṇam ||4.5.26||

Translation

उपकारफलं मित्रं विदितं मे महाकपे। वालिनं तं वधिष्यामि तव भार्यापहारिणम्॥

Word by Word

• upakāra-phalam: the fruit/result of a favor
• upakāra-phalam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (upakārasya phalam = fruit/result of a favor)

• mitram: a friend
• mitram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• viditam: is known
• viditam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (known)

• me: to me / of me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form

• mahākape: O great monkey
• mahākape: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kapi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahān kapiḥ)

• vālinam: Valin
• vālinam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tam: that (him)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vadhiṣyāmi: I will kill
• vadhiṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vadh (वध्, धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhāryā-apahāriṇam: the abductor of (your) wife
• bhāryā-apahāriṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + apahārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhāryāyāḥ apahārī = wife-stealer)

Context

'O great monkey! I know friendship is the fruit of a beneficial deed. I will kill that Vali who has usurped your wife.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sugrīva
• Vālin

FAQs

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

Dharma of friendship and justice: Rāma links alliance to righteous reciprocity and condemns the adharma of taking another’s wife.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma accepts Sugrīva’s cause and declares his intent to remove Vālin, thereby securing Sugrīva and advancing their alliance.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s steadfastness (satya in resolve) and commitment to righteous reparation for wrongdoing.