Shloka 4

ताराशोकविनोदनम्

Consolation of Tara and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

अङ्गदस्तु कुमारोऽयं द्रष्टव्यो जीवपुत्रया।अयत्यां च विधेयानि समर्थान्यस्य चिन्तय।।

Transliteration

aṅgadas tu kumāro ’yaṃ draṣṭavyo jīvaputrayā | āyatyāṃ ca vidheyāni samarthāny asya cintaya ||

Translation

Ang prinsipe na si Aṅgada ay dapat mong alagaan, sapagkat buhay pa ang anak mo; at pag-isipan mo kung anong mga tungkulin para sa kanyang kinabukasan ang nararapat at kaya mong gampanan.

Word by Word

• aṅgadaḥ: Angada
• aṅgadaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• kumāraḥ: the prince
• kumāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; aṅgadaḥ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण (apposition)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• draṣṭavyaḥ: should be looked after
• draṣṭavyaḥ: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draṣṭavya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √dṛś धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘should be looked after/seen to’)

• jīvaputrayā: by (the woman) whose son is alive
• jīvaputrayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva-putrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘jīvaḥ putraḥ yasyāḥ sā’ (having a living son)

• ayatyām: in the future
• ayatyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction ‘and’)

• vidheyāni: things to be done / duties
• vidheyāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidheya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; vi-√dhā धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त used substantively (‘things to be done/duties’)

• samarthāni: proper/feasible
• samarthāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; vidheyāni इत्यस्य विशेषण

• asya: of him / his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• cintaya: consider / think
• cintaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cint (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Context

'To embrace even the deadbody of this hero is better than (to embrace) a hundred prototypes of Angada.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Tārā
• Aṅgada

FAQs

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

Dharma as responsibility: grief must yield to caretaking and future-oriented duty toward one’s child and the kingdom’s stability.

What is the narrative situation?

With Vāli dead, Hanumān urges Tārā to protect and guide Aṅgada and to think practically about what must be done next.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Prudence and guardianship: prioritizing a dependent’s welfare despite personal loss.