Shloka 32
Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)
हरणं चैव वैदेहाा मम चायमुपप्लव: । राज्यभ्रंशश्ष भवतसस््तातस्य मरणं तथा,“विदेहकुमारीका अपहरण, मेरा इस प्रकार असमयमें विपत्तिग्रस्त होना, आपका राज्यसे निर्वासन तथा पिताजीकी मृत्यु--(इस प्रकार संकटपर संकट आता जा रहा है)
haraṇaṃ caiva vaidehyā mama cāyam upaplavaḥ | rājyabhraṃśaś ca bhavataḥ tātasya maraṇaṃ tathā ||
Markandeya said: “The abduction of the princess of Videha, and this untimely calamity that has befallen me; your fall from kingship and exile; and likewise the death of my father—thus, misfortune upon misfortune keeps arriving in an unbroken chain.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how adversity can arrive in succession, testing steadiness and dharma; it frames suffering as a moral and existential trial rather than merely a personal grievance.
Mārkaṇḍeya enumerates a series of disasters—Sītā’s abduction, his own sudden distress, the listener’s loss of kingdom/exile, and a father’s death—emphasizing the piling up of calamities.