Shloka 35

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

स चारित्रं विशोध्याथ सर्वप्रकृतिसंनिधौ । अन्वयाद्‌ भ्रातरं रामं विनिवर्तनलालस:,उन्होंने सारी प्रजा और मन्त्रियों आदिके निकट अपनी सफाई दी तथा भाई श्रीरामको वनसे लौटा लानेकी लालसासे उन्हींके पथका अनुसरण किया

Transliteration

sa cāritraṁ viśodhyātha sarva-prakṛti-saṁnidhau | anvayād bhrātaraṁ rāmaṁ vinivartana-lālasaḥ ||

Translation

かくして彼は、万民と重臣たちの面前で自らの行いの潔白を明らかにすると、兄ラーマが辿ったその道をそのまま追い—森より連れ戻さんとの切なる思いに駆られて進んだ。

Word by Word

सःhe

चारित्रम्conduct; character; (his) behavior/defence

विशोध्यhaving cleared/justified

अथthen

सर्व-प्रकृति-संनिधौin the presence of all the subjects/people

अन्वयात्from/through (his) following; by following

भ्रातरम्brother

रामम्Rama

विनिवर्तन-लालसःeager for bringing back (from exile)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Rāma

the people/subjects (prakṛti)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Before pursuing a major course of action, one should first establish moral clarity and public trust—vindicating one’s conduct before the community—so that subsequent deeds are grounded in dharma rather than suspicion or private impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

After publicly clearing his reputation in front of the subjects and leading persons, the speaker describes how he set out along the same route as his brother Rāma, motivated by the desire to bring him back from exile in the forest.