Shloka 20

महाभिषेकः

Sugriva’s Coronation and Angada’s Installation

Devanagari script

ततः प्रकृतयस्सर्वा दृष्ट्वा हरिगणेश्वरम्।।प्रणम्य मूर्ध्ना पतिता वसुधायां समाहिताः।

Transliteration

tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā harigaṇeśvaram | praṇamya mūrdhnā patitā vasudhāyāṁ samāhitāḥ ||

Translation

แล้วบรรดาประชาชนทั้งปวง ครั้นเห็นเจ้าแห่งหมู่วานร ก็กราบลงด้วยหน้าผากจรดพื้นดิน และนั่งรวมกันด้วยจิตสงบสำรวม

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• प्रकृतयः: citizens/subjects
• प्रकृतयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अर्थे ‘नगर-जनाः/प्रजाः’

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्रकृतयः’ इति विशेषणम्

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• हरि-गण-ईश्वरम्: lord of the troop of monkeys
• हरि-गण-ईश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nested): हरिणां गणस्य ईश्वरः; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed/prostrated
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• मूर्ध्ना: with the head/forehead
• मूर्ध्ना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• पतिताः: fell down
• पतिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्रकृतयः’ इति कर्तृसमानााधिकरण

• वसुधायाम्: on the ground
• वसुधायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/locative), एकवचन

• समाहिताः: composed/collected
• समाहिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्रकृतयः’ इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः ‘एकाग्र/संयत’

Context

Then all the subjects of the city collected together, prostrated to the chief of the monkey clan with their forehead touching the ground (as a mark of respect) and sat down.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva (harigaṇeśvara)

FAQs

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

Civic dharma: subjects honor rightful leadership through respectful conduct, sustaining social harmony.

What is the narrative situation?

The people of Kiṣkindhā formally receive Sugrīva with prostration and attentive assembly.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sugrīva’s acknowledged legitimacy and the community’s orderly reverence.