Shloka 104

Devanagari script

उत्थाय सत्यवांश्षापि प्रमृज्याड्भरानि पाणिना । सर्वा दिश: समालोक्य कठिने दृष्टिमादथे,सत्यवानने भी उठकर एक हाथसे अपने सभी अंग पोंछे और चारों ओर देखकर फलोंकी टोकरीपर दृष्टि डाली

Transliteration

utthāya satyavān api pramṛjya aṅgāni pāṇinā | sarvā diśaḥ samālokya phalānāṃ bhāṇḍe dṛṣṭim ādade ||

Translation

സത്യവാനും എഴുന്നേറ്റു; കൈകൊണ്ട് തന്റെ അവയവങ്ങൾ തുടച്ചു, എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും നോക്കി, പിന്നെ ഫലക്കൂടയിലേക്കു തന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടി പതിപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

उत्थायhaving risen

सत्यवान्Satyavān

अपिalso

प्रमृज्यhaving wiped/cleaned

अङ्गानिlimbs, body-parts

पाणिनाwith (his) hand

सर्वाःall

दिशःdirections

समालोक्यhaving looked around

कठिनेon/at the hard (object)

दृष्टिम्gaze, sight

आदधेhe fixed/placed (his gaze)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Satyavān

basket/container of fruits

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness and practical awareness: even after strain or distress, one regains composure, attends to the body, surveys the situation, and focuses on the next necessary task—an ethical model of self-control and readiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Markandeya’s narration of the Savitri–Satyavan episode, Satyavan rises, wipes himself, looks in all directions, and then looks toward the fruit basket—indicating a return to ordinary action and attention to their immediate needs in the forest setting.