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Shloka 4.43.51

सुग्रीवस्य शतवलि-प्रेषणम् (Sugriva’s Commission to Satavali for the Northern Search)

गन्धर्वाः किन्नरास्सिद्धा नागा विद्याधरास्तथा।रमन्ते सततं स्तत्र नारीभिर्भास्करप्रभाः।।।।

gandharvāḥ kinnarāḥ siddhā nāgā vidyādharās tathā |

ramante satataṃ tatra nārībhir bhāskaraprabhāḥ ||

There Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Siddhas, Nāgas, and Vidyādharas—radiant like the sun—sport continually with their women companions.

There gandharvas, kinneras, siddhas, nagas and vidyadharas, radiant like the Sun, are seen sporting with their female companions.

G
Gandharvas
K
Kinnaras
S
Siddhas
N
Nāgas
V
Vidyādharas

Dharma is the ability to witness splendor without losing one’s purpose; the mission to aid Rāma must remain primary over spectacle.

Sugrīva continues his depiction of the wondrous northern lands that may be encountered on the search route.

Steadiness (dhṛti): remaining undistracted even in extraordinary environments.