Shloka 37

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवमुकक्‍्त्वा दुहितरं तथा वृद्धांश्व मन्त्रिण: । व्यादिदेशानुयात्र च गम्यतां चेत्यचोदयत्‌,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! पुत्रीसे ऐसा कहकर राजाने बूढ़े मन्त्रियोंको आज्ञा दी--“आपलोग यात्राके लिये आवश्यक सामग्री (वाहन आदि) लेकर सावित्रीके साथ जायूँ'

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | evam uktvā duhitaram tathā vṛddhāṃś ca mantriṇaḥ | vyādideśānuyātrāṃ ca gamyatāṃ cety acodayat ||

Translation

マールカンデーヤは言った。娘にそのように告げ終えると、王は年老いた大臣たちにも命じた。旅に必要な支度を整えさせ、さらに促して言った。「用意せよ。さあ出立だ——行こう。」

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

दुहितरम्daughter

तथाso; in that manner

वृद्धान्old; aged

चand

मन्त्रिणःministers; counselors

व्यादिदेशcommanded; ordered

अनुयात्राम्following journey; accompanying travel

चand

गम्यताम्let it be gone; let (one) proceed

चेत्if; (here) as a quotative particle

अचोदयत्urged; prompted

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Yudhiṣṭhira

the king (Sāvitrī’s father)

the daughter (Sāvitrī)

aged ministers/counselors

journey arrangements (vehicles/materials implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A responsible ruler acts through proper counsel and orderly preparation, supporting rightful resolve (here, the daughter’s intention) while ensuring safety and propriety by involving experienced ministers.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking to his daughter, the king orders the elderly ministers to arrange and accompany the journey, urging them to proceed—setting up the next movement in the Sāvitrī narrative.