Shloka 14

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

Conclusion

Devanagari script

त॑ सदारो विनीतात्मा सुग्रीव: प्लवगाधिप: । पूजया प्रतिजग्राह प्रीयमाणस्तदर्हया

Transliteration

taṁ sadāro vinītātmā sugrīvaḥ plavagādhipaḥ | pūjayā pratijagrāha prīyamāṇas tad-arhayā ||

Translation

அப்போது மனைவியுடன் கூடிய, பணிவான உள்ளம் கொண்ட வானராதிபதி சுக்ரீவன் உரிய பூஜை-மரியாதையுடன் அவனை வரவேற்றான்; அந்தத் தகுந்த மரியாதையால் அவன் மகிழ்ந்தான்।

Word by Word

सःhe

सदारःhaving (his) wife; with his wife

विनीतात्माself-controlled; disciplined in mind

सुग्रीवःSugriva

प्लवगाधिपःlord of the monkeys

पूजयाःwith worship; by honoring

प्रतिजग्राहreceived; accepted

प्रीयमाणःbeing pleased; rejoicing

तत्that (gift/act)

अर्हयाworthy; fitting (honor)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)

स

सुग्रीव (Sugrīva)

प

प्लवग (monkeys/vanaras)

स

सुग्रीव की पत्नी (Sugrīva’s wife)

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 highlights dharmic hospitality and royal decorum: a ruler should be self-controlled (vinītātmā) and receive others with fitting honor (tad-arhayā pūjayā), showing that ethical conduct is expressed through respectful welcome and proper etiquette.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes Sugrīva, the monkey-king, accompanied by his wife, receiving a visitor respectfully. Sugrīva is pleased by the propriety of the occasion and accepts the reception with due honor.