Shloka 44

Sāvitrī’s Trirātra-Vrata and Departure with Satyavān (सावित्रीव्रतनिश्चयः सहगमनं च)

Devanagari script

एषा पम्पा शिवजला हंसकारण्डवायुता । ऋष्यमूकस्य शैलस्य संनिकर्षे तटाकिनी,“यह थोड़ी ही दूरपर पवित्र जलसे भरा हुआ पम्पासरोवर है, जिसमें हंस और कारण्डव आदि पक्षी चहक रहे हैं। वह सरोवर ऋष्यमूक पर्वतसे सटा हुआ है

Transliteration

eṣā pampā śivajalā haṃsakāraṇḍavāyutā | ṛṣyamūkasya śailasya saṃnikarṣe taṭākinī ||

Translation

マールカンデーヤは言った。「ここにパンパー湖がある。水は清らかで吉祥に満ち、白鳥とカーラṇḍヴァ鳥の声が絶えぬ。此の湖はリシャムーカ山のすぐ傍らに横たわっている。」

Word by Word

एषाthis (she/this one)

पम्पाPampā (lake/river name)

शिवजलाhaving auspicious/pure water

हंसकारण्डवायुताendowed with swans and kāraṇḍava birds

ऋष्यमूकस्यof Ṛṣyamūka

शैलस्यof the mountain

संनिकर्षेin the vicinity/near

तटाकिनीlake/pond (a lake-like waterbody)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Pampā (lake)

Ṛ

Ṛṣyamūka (mountain)

haṃsa (swans)

kāraṇḍava (waterfowl)

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 the Mahābhārata’s ethic of reverence for tīrthas and pure natural spaces: sacred waters and serene landscapes are presented as supports for inner purification, restraint, and dharmic reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya points out the Pampā lake and describes its auspicious waters and birdlife, situating it near the Ṛṣyamūka mountain—an act of guiding the listener through a sacred landscape.