Shloka 5

युद्धकाण्डे द्वितीयः सर्गः — Sugriva’s Counsel: From Grief to Strategy

Bridge to Lanka

Devanagari script

समुद्रंलङ्घयित्वातुमहानक्रसमाकुलम् ।लङ्कामारोहयिष्यामोहनिष्यामश्चतेरिपुम् ।।।।

Transliteration

samudraṃ laṅghayitvā tu mahānakrasamākulam | laṅkām ārohayiṣyāmo haniṣyāmaś ca te ripum ||

Translation

待我们越过那充满巨鳄的大海，登上楞迦，便必歼灭你的仇敌。

Word by Word

• samudram: ocean
• samudram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• laṅghayitvā: having crossed
• laṅghayitvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: laṅgh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having crossed/leapt over’

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; adversative/emphatic)

• mahā-nakra-samākulam: infested with huge crocodiles
• mahā-nakra-samākulam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + nakra + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुषः (mahā-nakraiḥ samākulam = infested with huge crocodiles)

• laṅkām: Laṅkā
• laṅkām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ārohayiṣyāmaḥ: we shall ascend/attack
• ārohayiṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-ruh (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• haniṣyāmaḥ: we shall kill
• haniṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ripum: enemy
• ripum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Context

"If the vanara army can cross (the ocean) you are certain that we will conquer. Presume that the army has succeeded."

Characters & Entities

• Ocean
• Laṅkā
• enemy (Rāvaṇa implied)

FAQs

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

Dharma is duty-driven perseverance: obstacles do not cancel righteous responsibility; they define the field where it must be fulfilled.

What is the narrative situation?

The Vanara leadership motivates Rāma by framing the ocean-crossing as the direct path to confronting Rāvaṇa in Laṅkā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Utsāha (energetic resolve): confidence directed toward a righteous objective.