Shloka 33

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

हित्वा स भगवॉल्लड्कामाविशद्‌ गन्धमादनम्‌ । गन्धर्वयक्षानुगतो रक्ष:किम्पुरुषै: सह

Transliteration

hitvā sa bhagavāṁl laṅkām āviśad gandhamādanam | gandharvayakṣānugato rakṣaḥ-kimpuruṣaiḥ saha ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Laṅkā hinter sich lassend, betrat jener Gesegnete den Berg Gandhamādana. Er zog begleitet von Gandharvas und Yakṣas, zusammen mit Rākṣasas und Kimpuruṣas.“

Word by Word

हित्वाhaving abandoned/left

सःhe

भगवान्the blessed/illustrious one

लङ्काम्Lankā

आविशद्entered

गन्धमादनम्Gandhamādana (mountain/forest)

गन्धर्वयक्षानुगतःaccompanied by Gandharvas and Yakṣas

रक्षःकिम्पुरुषैःwith Rākṣasas and Kiṃpuruṣas

सहtogether with

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Markandeya

Laṅkā

Gandhamādana

Gandharvas

Yakṣas

Rākṣasas

Kimpuruṣas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights purposeful movement from one realm to another under auspicious guidance: the ‘blessed one’ proceeds on a significant journey, and even diverse classes of beings align behind him. Ethically, it suggests that righteous or spiritually potent leadership can harmonize varied forces toward a shared course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Markandeya narrates a transition: the revered figure departs from Laṅkā and enters the Gandhamādana region, traveling with an entourage of Gandharvas and Yakṣas, along with Rākṣasas and Kimpuruṣas—signaling a shift of scene into a sacred, otherworldly landscape.