Shloka 5

सम्पातिवाक्यम्

Sampati’s Intelligence Report on Sita’s Abduction

Devanagari script

स हरीन्प्रीतिसंयुक्तान्सीताश्रुतिसमाहितान्।पुनराश्वसयन्प्रीत: इदं वचनमब्रवीत्।।।।

Transliteration

sa harīn prītisaṃyuktān sītāśruti-samāhitān |

punar āśvāsayan prīta idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

他见群猴满怀欢喜，专心欲闻悉多之事，心中亦悦，便再度安慰鼓舞他们，说了如下言辞。

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• harīn: monkeys
• harīn: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

• prīti-saṃyuktān: filled with joy
• prīti-saṃyuktān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त; √yuj युज्)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘joined with joy’; saṃyukta = past passive participle (क्त/PPP) of √yuj (युज्) with prefix sam-; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with harīn

• sītā-śruti-samāhitān: intent on hearing about Sita
• sītā-śruti-samāhitān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक) + śruti (प्रातिपदिक) + samāhita (कृदन्त; √dhā धा with sam-ā-)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘collected/intent on hearing about Sītā’; samāhita = past passive participle (क्त/PPP) of sam-ā-√dhā (धा) ‘to compose/collect’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with harīn

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• āśvasayan: reassuring
• āśvasayan: Karta (कर्ता/Subject, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√śvas (श्वस्)
• Form: Present participle (शतृ/Śatṛ), Parasmaipada; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agreeing with saḥ; transitive sense ‘reassuring’

• prītaḥ: pleased
• prītaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject, qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (कृदन्त; √prī प्री)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP) of √prī (प्री) ‘to please’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agreeing with saḥ

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• vacanam: speech; words
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू)
• Form: Luṅ-lakāra (लुङ्/Aorist), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष/3rd), Singular (एकवचन)

Context

Pleased to see the happiness and eagernes of the monkeys assembled to hear about Sita, Sampati continued in order to reassure them:

Characters & Entities

• Sampāti
• Vānara (monkeys)
• Sītā

FAQs

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

Dharma includes compassionate guidance: one who knows the way should steady others with truthful reassurance, sustaining them in righteous effort.

What is the narrative situation?

The narration marks a transition: Sampāti, pleased by their eagerness, begins to explain what he knows about Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Dayā (compassion) expressed through āśvāsa (encouragement) that supports collective duty.