Shloka 5

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

Conclusion

Devanagari script

गच्छ लक्ष्मण जानीहि किष्किन्धायां कपीश्वरम्‌ । प्रमत्तं ग्राम्यरधर्मेषु कृतघ्नं स्वार्थपण्डितम्‌,“लक्ष्मण! जाओ और पता लगाओ कि किष्किन्धामें वानरराज सुग्रीव क्या कर रहा है? जान पड़ता है, स्वार्थलाधनकी कलामें पण्डित कृतघ्न सुग्रीव विषयभोगोंमें आसक्त हो अपने कर्तव्यको भूल गया है

Transliteration

gaccha lakṣmaṇa jānīhi kiṣkindhāyāṃ kapīśvaram | pramattaṃ grāmyadharmeṣu kṛtaghnaṃ svārthapaṇḍitam ||

Translation

“Vai, Lakṣmaṇa, e descobre o que faz em Kiṣkindhā o senhor dos macacos. Ele parece descuidado—absorvido em prazeres mundanos—ingrato e hábil apenas em assegurar o próprio proveito.”

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• लक्ष्मण: O Lakshmana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जानीहि: find out / know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• किष्किन्धायाम्: in Kishkindha
• किष्किन्धायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किष्किन्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• कपीश्वरम्: the lord of monkeys
• कपीश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रमत्तम्: careless / intoxicated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ग्राम्य: worldly / vulgar
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्राम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• अधर्मेषु: in unrighteous acts
• अधर्मेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• कृतघ्नम्: ungrateful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• स्वार्थ: in self-interest
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पण्डितम्: clever / learned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पण्डित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Kiṣkindhā
• Kapīśvara (Sugrīva implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse criticizes a ruler’s lapse into pleasure and self-serving cleverness: forgetting obligations, becoming negligent, and showing ingratitude are ethical failures that undermine dharma and leadership.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya recounts a Rāmāyaṇa-related episode: Lakṣmaṇa is sent to Kiṣkindhā to check on the monkey-king (Sugrīva), who appears to have forgotten his promised duty, being absorbed in indulgent, worldly pursuits.