Shloka 436

Devanagari script

समुत्तस्थुर्महाराज वानरा लब्धचेतस: । यह सुनकर ब्रह्माजीने कहा--'ऐसा ही हो।' महाराज! उनके इतना कहते ही सभी वानर चेतना प्राप्त करके जी उठे

Transliteration

samutthasthur mahārāja vānarā labdhacetasaḥ |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O great king, the vānaras rose up again, their consciousness restored.” When Brahmā assented, saying, “So be it,” the moment those words were spoken, all the vānaras regained awareness and returned to life.

Word by Word

• समुत्तस्थुः: rose up, stood up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वानराः: the monkeys
• वानराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लब्ध-चेतसः: having regained consciousness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्धचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Brahmā
• Vānaras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the power of divine assent and the restoration that follows righteous intervention: when a higher authority grants ‘tathāstu’ (“so be it”), despair turns into renewed life and purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Brahmā agrees—effectively granting a boon—his words immediately take effect, and the vānaras, who had fallen, regain consciousness and rise up alive.