Shloka 143

Sāvitrī–Satyavān Vivāha: Kanyāpradāna and Āśrama-Śīla (सावित्री-सत्यवान्विवाहः)

Devanagari script

रावणं पुरतो यान्तमन्वगच्छत्‌ सुदु:ःखित: । रावणके ऐसा कहनेपर मारीच स्वयं ही अपना श्राद्ध-तर्पण करके अत्यन्त दु:ःखी होकर आगे जाते हुए रावणके पीछे-पीछे चला

Transliteration

rāvaṇaṃ purato yāntam anvagacchat suduḥkhitaḥ |

Translation

रावण असे बोलताच मारीचाने स्वतःचे श्राद्ध-तर्पण करून, अत्यंत दुःखी मनाने पुढे जाणाऱ्या रावणाच्या मागोमाग तो निघाला.

Word by Word

• रावणम्: Ravana (as object)
• रावणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरतः: in front, ahead
• पुरतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्

• यान्तम्: going
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्वगच्छत्: followed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + गम्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुदुःखितः: very sorrowful
• सुदुःखितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुःखित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Mārīca
• Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of knowingly accompanying wrongdoing: sorrow and foreknowledge do not absolve one from responsibility when one chooses to follow an unrighteous course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārīca, distressed, nevertheless follows behind Rāvaṇa as Rāvaṇa proceeds ahead—indicating reluctant participation in a harmful plan and foreshadowing tragic consequences.