Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

एवं तीर्थेषु सर्वेषु धनोत्सर्ग नृपात्मजा । कुर्वती द्विजमुख्यानां तं त॑ं देशं जगाम ह,इस प्रकार राजकुमारी सावित्री सभी तीथर्थोमें जाकर श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मगोंको धनदान करती हुई विभिन्न देशोंमें घूमती फिरी

Transliteration

evaṃ tīrtheṣu sarveṣu dhanotsargaṃ nṛpātmajā | kurvatī dvijamukhyānāṃ taṃ taṃ deśaṃ jagāma ha ||

Translation

かくして王の娘は、あらゆるティールタ（聖なる渡し場）を巡り、最上のバラモンたちに財を施しつづけた。そうして彼女は、地より地へと旅を重ねたのである。物語は、法（ダルマ）にかなう型を示す——巡礼に布施を結び、ティールタ参詣によって志を清め、正しい施与によって学識ある者を支えることを。

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

तीर्थेषुin/at the sacred places (tirthas)

सर्वेषुin all

धन-उत्सर्गम्gift/dispensing of wealth (donation)

नृप-आत्मजाthe king's daughter (princess)

कुर्वतीdoing, performing

द्विज-मुख्यानाम्of the foremost Brahmins (twice-born)

तम्that

तम्that (one after another)

देशम्region, country, place

जगामwent

हindeed, (narrative particle)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)

nṛpātmajā (the princess—Sāvitrī in context)

tīrtha (sacred pilgrimage places)

dvijamukhya (foremost Brahmins)

deśa (various regions)

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?

Dharma is shown as active practice: pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is paired with dāna (generous giving), especially to worthy recipients such as learned Brahmins, emphasizing purity of intention and social-religious responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes the princess traveling from one sacred place to another, and at each tīrtha she gives wealth in charity to eminent Brahmins, continuing her journey through many regions.