Shloka 30

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

ततो वन॑ गते रामे राजा दशरथस्तदा । समयुज्यत देहस्य कालपर्यायधर्मणा,श्रीरामचन्द्रजीके वनमें चले जानेपर (उनके वियोगमें) राजा दशरथने शरीर त्याग दिया

Transliteration

tato vanaṁ gate rāme rājā daśarathas tadā | samayujyata dehasya kālaparyāyadharmaṇā ||

Translation

Entonces, cuando Rāma hubo partido al bosque, el rey Daśaratha—vencido por la ley del Tiempo, que hace girar la vida según su curso—se separó de su cuerpo.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

वनेin the forest

गतेhaving gone

रामेwhen Rama (was) [gone]

राजाthe king

दशरथःDasharatha

तदाat that time

समयुज्यतbecame united (with), came to (a state)

देहस्यof the body

कालपर्यायधर्मणाby the law/condition of time’s course (i.e., by the inevitability of time)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Daśaratha

forest (vana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the greatest are subject to Kāla (Time): embodied life follows an ordained course, and intense attachment and grief can precipitate collapse when one is separated from the righteous object of love.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya recounts that after Rāma departed for forest-exile, King Daśaratha, unable to bear the separation, soon died—described as the body’s separation occurring according to the inevitable law of Time.