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

Còn điều các mưu thần của ngài đã tâu—lấy lợi hay hại dự liệu làm căn cứ—thần thấy trong đó có lỗi, vì cách hành động ấy không thể thực hiện cho đúng đắn.

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.