Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तमद्यैव प्रियार्थं मे वैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम्।वालिनं जहि काकुत्स्थ मया बद्धोऽयमञ्जलिः4.12.11।।

Transliteration

tam adyaiva priyārthaṃ me vairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam | vālinaṃ jahi kākutstha mayā baddho 'yam añjaliḥ ||

Translation

ஆகையால், ஹே காகுத்ஸ்தா! இன்று என் நலனுக்காக, சகோதரன் வடிவில் உள்ள அந்தப் பகைவன் வாலியை வதம் செய்; நான் கைகூப்பி வேண்டுகிறேன்.

Word by Word

• tam: him/that one
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम्

• eva: indeed/itself
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• priya-artham: for (my) pleasure
• priya-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी/चतुर्थीभावः: ‘प्रियस्य अर्थम्’ = for pleasure), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; प्रयोजनार्थकर्म (purpose accusative)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• vairiṇam: enemy
• vairiṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘तम्/वालिनम्’ इति विशेषणभावेन

• bhrātṛ-rūpiṇam: in the form of a brother
• bhrātṛ-rūpiṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी: ‘भ्रातुः रूपी’), पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘वालिनम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• vālinam: Vali
• vālinam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• jahi: kill
• jahi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• kākutstha: O Kakutstha (Rama)
• kākutstha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kākutstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, पुल्लिङ्गे, एकवचनम्

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• baddhaḥ: joined/formed (in reverence)
• baddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bandh (धातु) + ta (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘अञ्जलिः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• añjaliḥ: reverential salutation (joined palms)
• añjaliḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Context

'O Rama, for my pleasure kill Vali who is, to me, an enemy in the guise of a brother. I fold my hands to you.

Characters & Entities

• Sugriva
• Rama (Kakutstha)
• Vali

FAQs

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

The verse raises the dharmic tension between kinship and justice: Sugriva frames Vali as an unjust aggressor, arguing that wrongdoing can nullify the moral protection normally granted by brotherhood.

What is the narrative situation?

Sugriva urgently petitions Rama to remove Vali, whom he describes as a hostile brother, and does so with supplication.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sugriva’s humility in seeking help and his insistence on remedy against adharma (wrongdoing).