Shloka 25

Dyumatsena’s Restoration and Sāvitrī’s Disclosure of Yama’s Boons (आरण्यकपर्व, अध्याय २८२)

Devanagari script

तस्या रुदत्या भाविन्या दीर्घा वेणी सुसंयता

Transliteration

tasyā rudatyā bhāvinyā dīrghā veṇī susaṃyatā

Translation

マールカンデーヤは言った。「彼女が泣き、来たるべきことを予感するかのようであったときも、長い編み髪はきつく整えられていた。」

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• रुदत्याः: of (her) who is weeping
• रुदत्याः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular, Shatr (present active participle)

• भाविन्याः: of the future (one); of her who is to be
• भाविन्याः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाविन्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• दीर्घा: long
• दीर्घा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वेणी: braid (of hair)
• वेणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुसंयता: well-bound; well-restrained
• सुसंयता: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-संयत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta) of सम्-यम् with उपसर्ग सु-

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights inner turmoil and impending fate: even amid grief and ominous anticipation, outward restraint (the tightly bound braid) mirrors the ethical ideal of self-control under suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a woman in distress, weeping with a sense of what is about to occur; the detail of her long, firmly bound braid serves as a vivid, characterizing image within the unfolding story.