Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आश्रमाद्‌ राक्षसेन्द्रेण रावणेन दुरात्मना । मायामास्थाय तरसा हत्वा गृध्रं जटायुषम्‌,मार्कण्डेयजीने कहा--भरतश्रेष्ठ! श्रीरामचन्द्रजीको भी वनवास तथा स्त्रीवियोगका अनुपम दु:ख सहन करना पड़ा था। दुरात्मा राक्षसराज महाबली रावण अपना मायाजाल बिछाकर आश्रमसे उनकी पत्नी सीताको वेगपूर्वक हर ले गया था और अपने कार्यमें बाधा डालनेवाले गृध्रराज जटायुको उसने वहीं मार गिराया था

Transliteration

āśramād rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena durātmanā | māyām āsthāya tarasā hatvā gṛdhraṃ jaṭāyuṣam ||

Translation

Маркандейя сказал: «О лучший из Бхарат, злодей Равана, владыка ракшасов, прибегнув к обману, стремительно увёз Ситу из обители; а затем, убив стервятника Джатаюса — пытавшегося воспрепятствовать его деянию, — удалился».

Word by Word

आश्रमात्from the hermitage

राक्षसेन्द्रेणby the lord of the Rakshasas

रावणेनby Ravana

दुरात्मनाby the wicked one

मायाम्illusion, magic

आस्थायhaving resorted to / having assumed

तरसाwith speed, swiftly

हत्वाhaving killed

गृध्रम्the vulture

जटायुषम्Jatāyus

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Rāvaṇa

Jaṭāyus

Āśrama (hermitage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts adharma—abduction through deceit and violence—with dharma, shown by Jaṭāyus risking his life to oppose wrongdoing; it highlights that righteous resistance may demand sacrifice, and that evil often advances by māyā (fraud) rather than open virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya recounts the Ramāyaṇa episode: Rāvaṇa uses deception to seize Sītā from the hermitage, and when Jaṭāyus tries to stop him, Rāvaṇa kills him and continues his flight.