Shloka 32

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच राक्षसस्तु वरं लब्ध्वा दशग्रीवो विशाम्पते | लड़कायाश्ष्यावयामास युधि जित्वा धनेश्वरम्‌,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! राक्षस दशाननने वर प्राप्त कर लेनेपर सबसे पहले अपने भाई कुबेरको युद्धमें परास्त किया और उन्हें लंकाके राज्यसे बहिष्कृत कर दिया

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca— rākṣasastu varaṁ labdhvā daśagrīvo viśāṁpate | Laṅkāyāś cyāvayāmāsa yudhi jitvā dhaneśvaram ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O lord of men, that rākṣasa Daśagrīva, having obtained a boon, first defeated the Lord of Wealth in battle and drove him out, dispossessing him of the sovereignty of Laṅkā.”

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Markandeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राक्षसः: the demon
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• दशग्रीवः: the ten-necked one (Ravana)
• दशग्रीवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (O king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लङ्कायाः: from Lanka
• लङ्कायाः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• अपश्यावयामास: drove out/expelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-श्यै (अपश्याय्) / श्यै
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• जित्वा: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• धनेश्वरम्: the lord of wealth (Kubera)
• धनेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa)
• Kubera (Dhaneśvara)
• Laṅkā