Shloka 11

संपाति

उपदेशः / Sampati Instructed and the Search Mission Foretold

Devanagari script

एष्यन्त्यन्वेषका स्तस्या रामदूताः प्लवांगमाः। आख़्येया राम महीषी त्वया तेभ्यो विहंगम4.62.11।।

Transliteration

eṣyanty anveṣakās tasyā rāmadūtāḥ plavāṅgamāḥ |

ākhyeyā rāma mahīṣī tvayā tebhyo vihaṅgama ||

Translation

رام کے دوت، بندر، اس کی تلاش میں یہاں آئیں گے۔ اے پرندے! تُو اُنہیں رام کی مہارانی کا پتا بتانا۔

Word by Word

• एष्यन्ति: will come
• एष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• अन्वेषकाः: searchers
• अन्वेषकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वेषक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राम-दूताः: Rāma's messengers
• राम-दूताः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य दूताः)

• प्लवङ्गमाः: monkeys
• प्लवङ्गमाः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लवङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• आख्येया: should be told
• आख्येया: Karya (कार्य/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/य-प्रत्यय (gerundive/passive necessity), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘to be told’

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• महीषी: queen
• महीषी: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विहङ्गम: O bird (Sampaati)
• विहङ्गम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Context

'Rama's messenger and other monkeys will be coming to search for the his queen. O Sampati! you should narrate this to them.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā (Rāma-mahīṣī)
• plavāṅgamas (vānaras/monkeys)
• Sampāti

FAQs

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

Dharma is truthful assistance to a righteous cause: Sampāti is enjoined to give accurate information to those serving Rāma’s just mission.

What is the narrative situation?

The sage prophesies the arrival of vānaras searching for Sītā and instructs Sampāti to inform them about her.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Responsibility in speech—using knowledge to help others, not withholding truth when it can aid dharmic action.