Shloka 13

सूर्य–कर्णोपदेशः

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Kīrti and the Kuṇḍala

Devanagari script

स वानरमहासैन्य: पूर्णसागरसंनिभ: । निवेशमकरोत तत्र सुग्रीवानुमते तदा

Transliteration

sa vānaramahāsainyaḥ pūrṇasāgarasaṃnibhaḥ | niveśam akarot tatra sugrīvānumate tadā ||

Translation

မာရကဏ္ဍေယက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «မျောက်တို့၏ မဟာတပ်သည် ပြည့်ဝ၍ လှိုင်းထန်နေသော သမုဒ္ဒရာကြီးကဲ့သို့ ထင်ရ၏။ ထို့နောက် စုဂရီးဝ၏ သဘောတူညီချက်ဖြင့် ထိုနေရာတွင် စခန်းချတည်နေရာချခဲ့ကြ၏»။

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (leader/army)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वानर-महा-सैन्यः: the great monkey-army
• वानर-महा-सैन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्ण-सागर-संनिभः: like a full ocean
• पूर्ण-सागर-संनिभः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निवेशम्: camp/encampment
• निवेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: made/established
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सुग्रीव-अनुमते: with Sugriva's consent/approval
• सुग्रीव-अनुमते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Sugrīva
• Vānara army

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and numbers are ethically and practically meaningful when aligned with rightful leadership and consent; disciplined organization turns a vast force into purposeful action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes the immense Vānara host—likened to a full ocean—setting up camp at that place, doing so with Sugrīva’s approval.