Shloka 53

विभीषणागमनम्

Vibhīṣaṇa’s Arrival and the Debate on Refuge

Devanagari script

अर्थानर्थनिमित्तंहियदुक्तंसचिवैस्तव ।तत्रदोषंप्रपश्यामिक्रियानह्युपपद्यते ।।6.17.53।।

Transliteration

arthānarthanimittaṃ hi yad uktaṃ sacivais tava | tatra doṣaṃ prapaśyāmi kriyā na hy upapadyate || 6.17.53 ||

Translation

ส่วนถ้อยคำที่เสนาบดีของท่านกล่าวไว้ ให้ตัดสินตามเหตุแห่งประโยชน์หรือโทษนั้น ข้าพเจ้าเห็นข้อบกพร่องอยู่ เพราะการกระทำเช่นนั้นย่อมไม่อาจดำเนินให้ถูกต้องได้

Word by Word

• artha-anartha-nimittam: with regard to benefit and harm
• artha-anartha-nimittam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha + anartha + nimitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (good and bad) + nimitta; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (as 'with reference to good/bad grounds')

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• yat: that which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• uktam: has been said
• uktam: Kriya (क्रिया/implicit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'said'

• sacivaiḥ: by the ministers
• sacivaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saciva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tatra: therein
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there/in that)

• doṣam: fault
• doṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prapaśyāmi: I see clearly
• prapaśyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kriyā: action
• kriyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• upapadyate: is possible / fits
• upapadyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Context

"Your counsellors have said that after judging good or bad qualities we should accept or reject Vibheeshana. I see a flaw in that statement as such action would not arise."

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Dharma is not only right intention but workable right action: policies must be ethically sound and practically implementable.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān begins to point out a problem in the earlier advice given about how to judge Vibhīṣaṇa.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Analytical clarity—Hanumān combines moral intent with attention to feasibility.