Shloka 13
Kuntī–Sūrya-saṃvāda: Autonomy, Reputation, and the Promise of Karṇa
अनेन मृष्टनयनो भूतान्यन्तर्हितान्युत । भवान् द्रक्ष्यति यस्मै च प्रदास्यति नर: स तु,सुग्रीवजाम्बवन्ती च हनुमानड्रदस्तथा । मैन्दद्विविदनीलाश्च प्राय: प्लवगसत्तमा: सुग्रीव, जाम्बवान, हनुमान, अंगद, मैन्द, द्विविद तथा नील आदि प्रायः: सभी प्रमुख वानरोंने उस जलसे अपनी-अपनी आँखें धोयीं
anena mṛṣṭanayano bhūtāny antarhitāny uta | bhavān drakṣyati yasmai ca pradāsyati naraḥ sa tu || sugrīvajāmbavantī ca hanumān aṅgadas tathā | maindadvividanīlāś ca prāyaḥ plavagasattamāḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Dengan air ini, setelah matamu disucikan, engkau benar-benar akan melihat bahkan makhluk-makhluk yang tersembunyi daripada pandangan; dan sesiapa yang dikurniakan air itu akan memperoleh penglihatan sedemikian dengan sebenar-benarnya. Maka Sugrīva dan Jāmbavān, Hanumān dan Aṅgada, serta Mainda, Dvivida dan Nīla—hampir semua wira kera yang terunggul—membasuh mata mereka dengan air itu.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification (here, washing the eyes) is presented as a means to remove obscuration and gain clearer perception—symbolically suggesting that disciplined cleansing can enable insight into realities normally hidden.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a special water whose use cleanses the eyes and grants the ability to see concealed beings; the leading vānaras—Sugrīva, Jāmbavān, Hanumān, Aṅgada, Mainda, Dvivida, and Nīla—wash their eyes with it.