Shloka 18

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

Conclusion

Devanagari script

दिश: प्रस्थापिता: सर्वे विनीता हरयो मया । सर्वेषां च कृत: कालो मासेनागमनं पुन:,“मैंने सब दिशाओंमें सभी विनयशील वानरोंको भेज दिया है और उन सबके लिये एक महीनेके अंदर ही लौट आनेका समय निश्चित कर दिया है

Transliteration

diśaḥ prasthāpitāḥ sarve vinītā harayo mayā | sarveṣāṃ ca kṛtaḥ kālo māsenāgamanaṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

Markandeya said: “I have dispatched the disciplined hosts of monkeys in every direction, and I have fixed for them all a deadline: they must return again within a month.”

Word by Word

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रस्थापिताः: sent forth / dispatched
• प्रस्थापिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (प्रस्थापयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विनीताः: disciplined / well-trained
• विनीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नी (विनयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• हरयः: monkeys (vanaras)
• हरयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (of them)
• सर्वेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृतः: made / fixed
• कृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• कालः: time / deadline
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मासेन: within a month / by (the limit of) a month
• मासेन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आगमनम्: return / coming
• आगमनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Action noun (ल्युट्)

• पुनः: again / back
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• harayaḥ (vānaras/monkey-hosts)
• diśaḥ (the directions)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Effective dharmic leadership combines discipline with clear accountability: tasks are assigned broadly, and a definite time-limit is set so that duty is completed without delay or disorder.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya reports that he has sent the monkey-forces out in all directions and has established a one-month deadline for their return, indicating an organized search or mission carried out under firm command.