Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

सत्कृत्य शरभज्ुं स दण्डकारण्यमाश्रित: । नदीं गोदावरीं रम्यामाश्रित्य न्यवसत्‌ तदा,वहाँ शरभंग मुनिका सत्कार करके वे दण्डकारण्यमें चले गये और वहाँ सुरम्य गोदावरी नदीके तटका आश्रय लेकर रहने लगे

Transliteration

satkṛtya śarabhajjuṁ sa daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ | nadīṁ godāvarīṁ ramyām āśritya nyavasat tadā ||

Translation

シャラバンガ仙をしかるべく敬いもてなしたのち、彼はダンダカの森へ退き、麗しきゴーダーヴァリー河の岸辺に身を寄せて住まいを定めた。

Word by Word

सत्कृत्यhaving honored / after honoring

शरभङ्गम्Śarabhanga (the sage)

सःhe

दण्डकारण्यम्the Daṇḍaka forest

आश्रितःhaving resorted to / having gone to

नदीम्river

गोदावरीम्Godāvarī

रम्याम्beautiful, delightful

आश्रित्यhaving taken refuge at / having resorted to

न्यवसत्dwelt, stayed

तदाthen, at that time

Speaker

(श्रीरम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Rāma

Śarabhanga (sage)

Daṇḍakāraṇya (Daṇḍaka forest)

Godāvarī (river)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as proper reverence to holy persons (satkāra) and disciplined living: after honoring a sage, Rāma chooses a simple, restrained life in the forest, suggesting that ethical conduct includes humility, gratitude, and respect for spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma respectfully receives and honors the sage Śarabhanga, then proceeds into the Daṇḍaka forest and settles by the beautiful Godāvarī river, establishing his residence there.