Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 16

Meaning of “tum upkār sugrīvahiṁ kīnhā”

"tum upkār sugrīvahiṁ kīnhā" is Chaupai 16 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: You did Sugriva a great kindness. You brought him to Rama and gave him back his kingdom. Hanuman tells each side the other's story, and Rama and Sugriva seal their friendship with fire as witness.

तुम उपकार सुग्रीवहिं कीन्हा ।राम मिलाय राज पद दीन्हा ॥tum upkār sugrīvahiṁ kīnhārām milāy rāj pad dīnhā

You did Sugriva a great kindness. You brought him to Rama and gave him back his kingdom.

Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 16, Gita Press reading

Word by word

तुमtum
you
उपकारupkār
a great kindness
सुग्रीवहिंsugrīvahiṁ
to Sugriva
कीन्हाkīnhā
did
रामrām
Rama
मिलायmilāy
bringing him to
राजrāj
king's
पदpad
place
दीन्हाdīnhā
gave

Where this happens in the Ramayana

Hanuman tells each side the other's story, and Rama and Sugriva seal their friendship with fire as witness.

तब हनुमंत उभय दिसि की सब कथा सुनाइ। पावक साखी देइ करि जोरी प्रीति दृढ़ाइ॥

Ramcharitmanas, Kishkindha Kand 4.5, doha 1

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Sources and method

Awadhi text: Goswami Tulsidas, Gita Press reading, checked against three Gita Press printings and Rambhadracharya's Mahaviri. English meaning and word glosses: Wisdom's own, following the traditional reading, edited by Ankur Shukla.