Shloka 593

Devanagari script

यथागतेन मार्गेण प्रययौ स्वपुरं प्रति । इसके बाद लक्ष्मण तथा सुग्रीव आदिके साथ श्रीरामचन्द्रजी जिस मार्गसे आये थे, उसीके द्वारा अपनी राजधानी अयोध्याकी ओर प्रस्थित हुए

Transliteration

yathāgatena mārgeṇa prayayau svapuraṃ prati |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sagte: „Er brach zu seiner eigenen Stadt auf, auf demselben Weg, auf dem er gekommen war.“ So kehrte Rāma, begleitet von Lakṣmaṇa und Verbündeten wie Sugrīva, auf der vertrauten Route nach Ayodhyā zurück—ein Zeichen von Standhaftigkeit, Dankbarkeit gegenüber den Gefährten und der dharmischen Vollendung einer gelobten Reise.

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

आगतेनby the (previously) come/used

मार्गेणby the path/route

प्रययौwent forth, departed

स्वपुरम्to his own city

प्रतिtowards

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Rāma (Śrīrāmacandra)

Lakṣmaṇa

Sugrīva

Ayodhyā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 dharmic steadfastness: completing one’s undertaken course without deviation, returning with due regard for the path, the vow, and the companions who enabled success—an ethical image of responsibility and restoration after hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Rāma departs for his own capital, proceeding toward Ayodhyā by the same route he had previously traveled, with companions such as Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva accompanying him.