Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वेपमानां श्रमेणाद्य भवद्भिः स्थीयतामिति।एक एवाहरिष्यामि पातालादपि जानकीम्।।4.45.13।।

Transliteration

vepamānāṃ śrameṇādya bhavadbhiḥ sthīyatām iti |

eka evāhariṣyāmi pātālād api jānakīm ||4.45.13||

Translation

“Các ngài nay hãy đứng yên nghỉ ngơi, chớ để mệt nhọc đến run rẩy; chỉ một mình ta sẽ đem Jānakī trở về—dẫu nàng ở tận Pātāla—đang run sợ và kiệt sức.”

Word by Word

• vepamānām: (you) trembling
• vepamānām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vep (वेप्-धातु)
• Form: शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय (present middle participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन; 'trembling' (qualifies implied 'you all' as a group; used as object of 'sthīyatām' in sense 'you, trembling...')

• śrameṇa: with fatigue, due to exertion
• śrameṇa: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrama (श्रम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन

• adya: now, today
• adya: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अद्य-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb: 'today/now')

• bhavadbhiḥ: by you (hon.) / you all
• bhavadbhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनामसदृश (honorific pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sthīyatām: stay, wait
• sthīyatām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था-धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd) एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative): 'let it be stayed/stand' → idiomatically 'stay/wait'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• ekaḥ: alone
• ekaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (एक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied 'aham')

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• āhariṣyāmi: I will bring (back)
• āhariṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √hṛ (हृ-धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• pātālāt: from the netherworld
• pātālāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (पाताल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), पञ्चमी (Abl. 5), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपि = 'even/also' (particle)

• jānakīm: Janaki (Sita)
• jānakīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jānakī (जानकी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Context

'I will alone restore Sita, exhausted and trembling (in fear), even from the nether world.Wait here' (said another leader).

Characters & Entities

• Janaki (Sita)
• Patala
• Sugriva

FAQs

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

Dharma as steadfast service: the speaker frames the mission as a duty so compelling that no realm—even the underworld—can be an excuse for inaction.

What is the narrative situation?

Vanaras, eager to fulfill Sugrīva’s command for Rāma’s sake, declare extraordinary capacity to recover Sītā from anywhere.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Niścaya (resolve) and śaurya (heroic courage), expressed as unwavering confidence to accomplish the task.