Shloka 19

Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Dyumatsena’s Restoration and the Return to Kāmyaka

Conclusion

Devanagari script

यैरियं सवना साद्रि: सपुरा सागराम्बरा । विचेतव्या मही वीर सग्रामनगराकरा,“वीर! वे सब लोग वन, पर्वत, पुर, ग्राम, नगर तथा आकरोंसहित समुद्रवसना इस सारी पृथ्वीपर सीताकी खोज करेंगे

Transliteration

yair iyaṁ savanā sādrīḥ sapurā sāgarāmbarā | vicetavyā mahī vīra sagrāmanagarākarā ||

Translation

Ó herói! Por aqueles homens, toda esta terra — cingida pelo oceano, com suas florestas e montanhas, suas cidades, aldeias, vilas e minas — deverá ser vasculhada em busca de Sītā.

Word by Word

यैःby whom/with whom (by which people)

इयम्this

सवनाwith forests

साद्रिःwith mountains

सपुराwith cities

सागराम्बराhaving the ocean as its garment (ocean-girt)

विचेतव्याis to be searched/examined

महीthe earth

वीरO hero

सग्रामनगराकराwith villages, towns, and mines

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

mahī (the earth)

sāgara (ocean/sea)

vana (forests)

adri (mountains)

pura/nagara (cities/towns)

grāma (villages)

ākara (mines/resource deposits)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes exhaustive effort as a duty: when a righteous objective is at stake, one must search without omission—across all terrains and human habitations—showing perseverance and thoroughness in action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses a hero and urges that the entire world—forests, mountains, settlements, and even mines—be systematically searched, indicating an all-encompassing quest (in context, the search for Sītā).