Shloka 37

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठवामदेवा भ्यां विप्रैश्षान्यी: सहस्रशः । पौरजानपदै: सार्थ रामानयनकाड्क्षया,श्रीरामचन्द्रजीको लौटा लानेकी अभिलाषासे उन्होंने वसिष्ठ, वामदेव और दूसरे सहस्रों ब्राह्मणों तथा नगर एवं जनपदके लोगोंको साथ लेकर यात्रा की

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha-vāmadevābhyāṁ vipraiḥ anyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | paura-jānapadaiḥ sārthaṁ Rāmānayana-kāṅkṣayā ||

Translation

قال ماركانديّا: ومع فَسِشْتَه وفامَدِيفا، ومع آلافٍ من البراهمة الآخرين، وبصحبة أهل المدينة وسكان الأرياف، خرجوا في المسير—مدفوعين بالشوق إلى إعادة راما.

Word by Word

वसिष्ठवामदेवाभ्याम्by/with Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva

विप्रैःby/with brahmins

अन्यैःwith other

सहस्रशःby the thousand; in thousands

पौरजानपदैःwith townsmen and countryfolk

सार्थम्together; along with

रामानयनकाङ्क्षयाwith the desire to bring Rāma back

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Vasiṣṭha

Vāmadeva

brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

paurāḥ (townspeople)

jānapadāḥ (countryfolk/subjects)

Rāma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma as a shared social undertaking: when rightful order is to be restored, elders and spiritual authorities guide the process, and the wider community participates with disciplined intent—seeking reconciliation and proper return rather than coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a journey undertaken to bring Rāma back. Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva lead, joined by thousands of brāhmaṇas and by citizens and rural subjects, all united by the desire to escort or persuade Rāma to return.