Shloka 436

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

समुत्तस्थुर्महाराज वानरा लब्धचेतस: । यह सुनकर ब्रह्माजीने कहा--'ऐसा ही हो।' महाराज! उनके इतना कहते ही सभी वानर चेतना प्राप्त करके जी उठे

Transliteration

samutthasthur mahārāja vānarā labdhacetasaḥ |

Translation

मार्कंडेय म्हणाले—महाराज, चेतना प्राप्त होताच वानर उठून उभे राहिले. ब्रह्माजी म्हणाले—“तथास्तु”; आणि ते शब्द निघताच सर्व वानर पुन्हा जिवंत झाले।

Word by Word

• समुत्तस्थुः: rose up, stood up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वानराः: the monkeys
• वानराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लब्ध-चेतसः: having regained consciousness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्धचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Brahmā
• Vānaras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the power of divine assent and the restoration that follows righteous intervention: when a higher authority grants ‘tathāstu’ (“so be it”), despair turns into renewed life and purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Brahmā agrees—effectively granting a boon—his words immediately take effect, and the vānaras, who had fallen, regain consciousness and rise up alive.