Shloka 13

Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Dyumatsena’s Restoration and the Return to Kāmyaka

Conclusion

Devanagari script

भाईके ऐसा कहनेपर गुरुजनोंकी आज्ञाके पालन तथा हिताचरणमें तत्पर रहनेवाले लक्ष्मण बाण और प्रत्यज्चासहित सुन्दर धनुष हाथमें लेकर वहाँसे चल दिये ।। किष्किन्धाव्दारमासाद्य प्रविवेशानिवारित: । सक्रोध इति त॑ मत्वा राजा प्रत्युद्ययौ हरि:,किष्किन्धाके द्वारपर पहुँचकर वे बेरोक-टोक भीतर घुस गये। लक्ष्मण क्रोधमें भरे हुए आ रहे हैं, यह जानकर राजा सुग्रीव उनकी अगवानीके लिये आगे बढ़ आया

Transliteration

kiṣkindhādvāram āsādya praviveśānivāritaḥ | sa-krodha iti taṁ matvā rājā pratyudyayau hariḥ ||

Translation

Reaching the gate of Kiṣkindhā, he entered without being stopped. Realizing, “He is coming in anger,” the monkey-king Sugrīva went forward to receive him—an act meant to avert conflict through timely respect and conciliation.

Word by Word

किष्किन्धाof Kiṣkindhā

द्वारम्gate/door

आसाद्यhaving reached/approached

प्रविवेशentered

अनिवारितःunrestrained/unhindered

सक्रोधःangry (with anger)

इतिthus

तम्him

मत्वाhaving thought/considered

राजाthe king

प्रत्युद्ययौwent forth to meet (advanced to استقبال)

हरिःthe monkey (Sugrīva)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Lakṣmaṇa

Sugrīva

Kiṣkindhā

gate of Kiṣkindhā

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?

When anger threatens to escalate into violence, timely humility and respectful reception by a leader can de-escalate the situation; ethical kingship includes anticipating conflict and meeting it with conciliatory action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lakṣmaṇa reaches Kiṣkindhā’s gate and enters without being stopped; Sugrīva understands that Lakṣmaṇa is approaching in anger and therefore comes forward to meet him, aiming to manage the tense encounter.