Shloka 45

Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)

Devanagari script

वसते तत्र सुग्रीवश्चतुर्भि: सचिवै: सह । भ्राता वानरराजस्य वालिनो हेममालिन:,“वहीं अपने चार मन्त्रियोंके साथ सुवर्णमालाधारी वानरराज वालीके भाई सुमग्रीव निवास करते हैं

Transliteration

vasate tatra sugrīvaś caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha | bhrātā vānararājasya vālinō hemamālinaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: «Allí mora Sugrīva, acompañado de sus cuatro ministros; es hermano de Vāli, el señor de los monos, ceñido con guirnalda de oro».

Word by Word

वसतेdwells, resides

तत्रthere

सुग्रीवःSugriva

चतुर्भिःwith four

सचिवैःministers, counselors

सहtogether with

भ्राताbrother

वानरराजस्यof the monkey-king

वालिनःof Vali

हेममालिनःof the golden-garlanded (one)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Sugrīva

Vāli

four ministers (caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ)

Vānara-rāja (king of monkeys)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of counsel and rightful support in leadership: Sugrīva is portrayed as a figure sustained by ministers, suggesting that political legitimacy and ethical action are strengthened through wise advisors rather than isolated power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya identifies who resides in that place: Sugrīva, accompanied by four ministers, and clarifies his relationship to the reigning monkey-king Vāli—he is Vāli’s brother—thereby setting up the background for the ensuing account involving the Vānara polity and its internal conflict.