Shloka 23

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

Conclusion

Devanagari script

इत्येवं वानरेन्द्रास्ते समाजग्मु: सहस्रश: । दिशस्तिस्रो विचित्याथ न तु ये दक्षिणां गता:

Transliteration

ityevaṁ vānarendrās te samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ | diśas tisro vicityātha na tu ye dakṣiṇāṁ gatāḥ ||

Translation

Так те владыки обезьян собрались тысячами. Обыскав три стороны света, они всё же не нашли тех, кто ушёл в южную четверть.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वानरेन्द्राः: monkey-lords
• वानरेन्द्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समाजग्मुः: assembled / came together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• विचित्य: having searched/examined
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चित्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दक्षिणाम्: the southern (direction)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गताः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Markandeya)
• वानरेन्द्राः (monkey chiefs)
• दक्षिणा दिशा (southern quarter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined collective action: many leaders coordinate, search methodically, and acknowledge uncertainty when information is incomplete—an ethical reminder that effort and organization are essential even when outcomes are not immediately visible.

What is happening in the narrative?

Markandeya describes how the monkey leaders gather in large numbers and search three directions, yet they do not encounter the group that had gone south, indicating a missing or delayed southern party.