Shloka 28

Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Dyumatsena’s Restoration and the Return to Kāmyaka

Conclusion

Devanagari script

वालिपुत्रो$ड्भदश्चैव ये चान्ये प्लवगर्षभा: । विचेतुं दक्षिणामाशां राजन्‌ प्रस्थापितास्त्वया,राजन! उनके साथ वालिपुत्र अंगद तथा अन्य सभी श्रेष्ठ वानर इस काममें भाग ले रहे हैं, जिन्हें आपने दक्षिण दिशामें सीताजीकी खोजके लिये भेजा था”

Transliteration

vāliputro 'ṅgadaś caiva ye cānye plavagarṣabhāḥ | vicetuṃ dakṣiṇām āśāṃ rājan prasthāpitās tvayā ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O King, Vāli’s son Aṅgada, along with the other foremost of the monkey-heroes, were dispatched by you to search out the southern quarter.”

Word by Word

• वालि: of Vali
• वालि: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अङ्गदः: Angada
• अङ्गदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ये: who/which (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्लवगर्षभाः: bulls among monkeys; best of the monkeys
• प्लवगर्षभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लवगर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विचेतुम्: to search/seek
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चि (धातु)
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• दक्षिणाम्: southern
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आशाम्: direction/quarter
• आशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रस्थापिताः: sent forth/dispatched
• प्रस्थापिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Aṅgada
• Vāli
• Vānaras (monkey-heroes)
• Southern quarter (Dakṣiṇā diś/āśā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined leadership and delegated duty: a king assigns capable agents to a defined task, and the best among them accept service-oriented responsibility in pursuit of a righteous objective.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya recounts the search for Sītā: Aṅgada, Vāli’s son, together with other leading Vānaras, has been sent by the king to scour the southern region as part of the wider mission.