Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता ततस्तुष्टा जननी ते महाकपे।गुहायां त्वां महाबाहो प्रजज्ञे प्लवगर्षभम्।।।।

Transliteration

evam uktā tatas tuṣṭā jananī te mahākape |

guhāyāṃ tvāṃ mahābāho prajajñe plavagarṣabham ||

Translation

“ఇలా చెప్పబడిన తరువాత, హే మహాకపే, నీ జనని సంతోషించింది; హే మహాబాహో, గుహలో ఆమె నిన్ను ప్రసవించింది—ప్లవగులలో వృషభసముడైన శ్రేష్ఠుడిగా।”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• उक्ता: having been told
• उक्ता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; जननी-विशेषण

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (then)

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जननी-विशेषण

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाकपे: O great monkey
• महाकपे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकपि (प्रातिपदिक; महत्+कपि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• गुहायाम्: in the cave
• गुहायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक; महत्+बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रजज्ञे: gave birth (bore)
• प्रजज्ञे: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• प्लवगर्षभम्: the bull among monkeys
• प्लवगर्षभम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लवगर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक; प्लवग+ऋषभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपमानार्थक (bull among monkeys)

Context

'O great monkey! O strong-shouldered one! having been assured that way, your mother was pleased and delivered you, a bull among monkeys, in a cave.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Anjanā (as mother, implied)
• Guhā (cave)

FAQs

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

The verse emphasizes reassurance and protection of a chaste person’s dignity; dharmic outcomes are portrayed as arising after fear is removed and consented calm restored.

What is the narrative situation?

After Maruta’s assurance, Anjanā becomes peaceful and Hanuman’s birth is narrated.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanuman is marked as pre-eminent (“plavagarṣabha”), foreshadowing strength used in service of righteous aims.