Shloka 19
Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Dyumatsena’s Restoration and the Return to Kāmyaka
Conclusion
यैरियं सवना साद्रि: सपुरा सागराम्बरा । विचेतव्या मही वीर सग्रामनगराकरा,“वीर! वे सब लोग वन, पर्वत, पुर, ग्राम, नगर तथा आकरोंसहित समुद्रवसना इस सारी पृथ्वीपर सीताकी खोज करेंगे
yair iyaṁ savanā sādrīḥ sapurā sāgarāmbarā | vicetavyā mahī vīra sagrāmanagarākarā ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “By those men, O hero, this entire earth—clothed by the ocean, with its forests and mountains, its cities, villages, towns, and mines—must be searched through.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes exhaustive effort as a duty: when a righteous objective is at stake, one must search without omission—across all terrains and human habitations—showing perseverance and thoroughness in action.
Mārkaṇḍeya addresses a hero and urges that the entire world—forests, mountains, settlements, and even mines—be systematically searched, indicating an all-encompassing quest (in context, the search for Sītā).