Shloka 17

सूर्य–कर्णोपदेशः

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Kīrti and the Kuṇḍala

Devanagari script

बद्धगोधाडुलित्राणौ राघवौ तत्र जम्मतुः । वृतौ हरिमहामात्रै श्वन्द्रसूर्यों ग्रहैरिव,दोनों रघुवंशी वीर श्रीराम और लक्ष्मण हाथोंमें गोहके चमड़ेके बने हुए दस्ताने पहने हुए थे। वे ग्रहोंसे घिरे हुए चन्द्रमा और सूर्यकी भाँति वानरजातीय मन्त्रियोंके बीचमें होकर चल रहे थे

Transliteration

baddha-godhā-ḍuli-trāṇau rāghavau tatra jagmatuḥ | vṛtau hari-mahā-mātraiḥ śvandra-sūryau grahair iva ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: There the two scions of Raghu—Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa—went on, their hands protected with gloves made from iguana-hide. Surrounded by the great ministers of the Vānara host, they moved forward like the moon and the sun encircled by their attendant planets.

Word by Word

बद्धwearing/fastened

गोधाof the iguana (godhā)

उलित्राणौgloves/hand-protectors

राघवौthe two Rāghavas (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa)

तत्रthere

जग्मतुःthey went

वृतौsurrounded

हरिby monkeys/vanaras

महामात्रैःby great ministers/officials

चन्द्रthe moon

सूर्यौthe sun (and ...); lit. the two: moon and sun

ग्रहैःby planets

इवlike/as

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Rāma

Lakṣmaṇa

Rāghava lineage (Raghu-vaṃśa)

Vānara ministers (hari-mahā-mātra)

gloves/hand-guards (godhā-ḍuli-trāṇa)

moon (candra)

sun (sūrya)

planets (graha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes