Shloka 26

Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)

Devanagari script

दुःखशोकसमाविष्टौ वैदेहीहरणार्दितौ । जम्मतुर्दण्डकारण्यं दक्षिणेन परंतपौ,सीताका अपहरण हो जानेसे दोनों भाइयोंको बड़ी वेदना हुई। वे दुःख और शोकमें डूब गये। फिर शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले श्रीराम और लक्ष्मण दण्डकारण्यसे दक्षिण दिशाकी ओर चल दिये

Transliteration

duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭau vaidehīharaṇārditau | jagmatur daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ dakṣiṇena paraṃtapau ||

Translation

قال ماركانديَيا: لما اختُطِفت فايدهِي (سيتا) غمر الحزنُ والأسى الأخوين وأثقلتهما المصيبة؛ ثم إن راما ولاكشمانا، مُلهِبي أعدائهما، انطلقا من غابة دَنْدَكا سائرَين نحو الجنوب.

Word by Word

दुःखशोकसमाविष्टौimmersed in sorrow and grief

वैदेहीहरणार्दितौafflicted by the abduction of Vaidehī (Sītā)

जग्मतुःthey went

दण्डकारण्यंto the Daṇḍaka forest

दक्षिणेनsouthwards / by the southern direction

परंतपौthe scorcher(s) of foes (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Vaidehī (Sītā)

Rāma

Lakṣmaṇa

Daṇḍakāraṇya (Daṇḍaka forest)

Dakṣiṇa diś (southern direction)

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?

Even when overwhelmed by grief, one should not abandon purposeful action aligned with dharma. The verse presents sorrow as real and human, yet emphasizes continuing the righteous course—here, the determined pursuit following Sītā’s abduction.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Sītā (Vaidehī) has been abducted, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are plunged into grief. Nevertheless, they depart from the Daṇḍaka forest and move southward, beginning the next phase of their search and pursuit.