Shloka 32

Devanagari script

।। सुकुमारी च देवर्षि वानरप्रतिमाननम्‌

Transliteration

sukumārī ca devarṣi vānara-pratimānanam

Translation

ఓ దేవర్షీ! ఆ సుకుమారి సౌకుమార్యవతియై, వానరసదృశ ముఖముతో కనిపించెను॥

Word by Word

• सुकुमारी: very delicate/soft (woman)
• सुकुमारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देवर्षि: O divine sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वानर-प्रतिम-आननम्: a face resembling a monkey
• वानर-प्रतिम-आननम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• Devarṣi (divine seer, addressed)
• a delicate woman (unnamed in this pāda)
• Vānara (monkey/ape as a point of comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This fragment is primarily descriptive rather than doctrinal; its function is to characterize a figure through vivid physical imagery, a common epic technique used to signal identity, nature, or symbolic association.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīkṛṣṇa addresses a devarṣi and describes someone as tender and having a monkey-like face; the line appears as part of a broader narration where such traits help the listener recognize or understand the person being discussed.