Shloka 50

अभिज्ञानमणि

प्रदानम् — The Signet Jewel as Proof and the Consolation of Sita

Devanagari script

शैलाम्बुदनिकाशानां लङ्कामलयसानुषु।नर्दतां कपिमुख्यानामार्ये यूधान्यनेकशः।।।।

Transliteration

śailāmbuda-nikāśānāṁ laṅkāmalaya-sānuṣu | nardatāṁ kapimukhyānām ārye yūdhāny anekaśaḥ ||

Translation

O marangal na ginang, masisilayan mo ang maraming pangkat ng umuungal na mga pinunong vānara—na wari’y mga ulap na nakapatong sa kabundukan—na naglalagalag sa mga dalisdis at tuktok ng Malaya sa Laṅkā.

Word by Word

• शैलाम्बुदनिकाशानाम्: of those resembling mountain-clouds
• शैलाम्बुदनिकाशानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaila-ambuda-nikāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; विशेषण of कपिमुख्यानाम्; समास: शैलाम्बुद इव निकाशः/सदृशः येषाम् (उपमान-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-भाव)

• लङ्कामलयसानुषु: on the slopes of Lanka’s Malaya (mountain)
• लङ्कामलयसानुषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅkā-malaya-sānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; अधिकरण (place); समास: लङ्कायाः मलयस्य सानुषु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• नर्दताम्: of the roaring
• नर्दताम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nard (धातु)
• Form: Śatṛ (शतृ) present active participle in genitive plural; Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; 'of the roaring (ones)'

• कपिमुख्यानाम्: of the chief monkeys
• कपिमुख्यानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapi-mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; समास: कपीनां मुख्यानाम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आर्ये: O noble lady
• आर्ये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• यूधानि: troops
• यूधानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yūdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; subject of implied 'bhavanti/asti'

• अनेकशः: in many groups/manyfold
• अनेकशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anekaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (adverb: in many ways/many times)

Context

"O respectable lady! you would see many troops of vanara chiefs who resemble clouds hovering on the mountain peaks of Lanka-roaring.

Characters & Entities

• Laṅkā
• Malaya (mountains)
• Vānara chiefs

FAQs

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

Dharma is the assurance of protection: righteous power gathers to remove oppression, giving the suffering person reason to endure without losing faith.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān continues to reassure Sītā by vividly describing the scale and strength of the vānara forces that will come to Laṅkā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The vānara leaders’ courage and readiness to act for a just cause.