Shloka 35
Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Dyumatsena’s Restoration and the Return to Kāmyaka
Conclusion
अपि राज्यमयोध्यायां कारयिष्याम्यहं पुनः । निहत्य समरे शत्रूनाहत्य जनकात्मजाम्
api rājyam ayodhyāyāṁ kārayiṣyāmy ahaṁ punaḥ | nihatya samare śatrūn āhatya janakātmajām
“ನಾನು ಅಯೋಧ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುವೆನು. ಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ ಶತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಹರಿಸಿ, ಜನಕಾತ್ಮಜೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಹಾನಿ ಮಾಡದೆ (ಅವಳನ್ನು) ಮರಳಿ ಪಡೆಯುವೆನು.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous kingship as restoration of order through legitimate combat against enemies, while strictly avoiding harm to the innocent—here emphasized by the vow not to harm Janaka’s daughter (Sītā).
Mārkaṇḍeya, while recounting a Rāmāyaṇa-linked episode within the Vana Parva, voices (or reports) a resolve to re-establish rule in Ayodhyā after defeating foes in battle, explicitly declaring that Sītā will not be harmed.