Shloka 60

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

अयोध्यां स समासाद्य पुरी राष्ट्रपतिस्तत:

Transliteration

ayodhyāṃ sa samāsādya purī rāṣṭrapatis tataḥ

Translation

Having reached Ayodhyā, he then became the ruler of the realm in that city—establishing sovereign authority in the capital, a narrative marker of rightful governance and the restoration of ordered kingship.

Word by Word

• अयोध्याम्: Ayodhya (city)
• अयोध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having reached/approached

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राष्ट्रपतिः: the king (lord of the realm)
• राष्ट्रपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्रपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Adverb

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic ideal that rightful authority is exercised from the capital through stable rule—kingship is portrayed as the restoration of order and responsibility over the realm rather than mere personal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the person in question arrives at Ayodhyā and thereafter assumes rulership there, indicating a transition into recognized sovereignty centered in the city.