Shloka 33

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

हित्वा स भगवॉल्लड्कामाविशद्‌ गन्धमादनम्‌ । गन्धर्वयक्षानुगतो रक्ष:किम्पुरुषै: सह

Transliteration

hitvā sa bhagavāṁl laṅkām āviśad gandhamādanam | gandharvayakṣānugato rakṣaḥ-kimpuruṣaiḥ saha ||

Translation

ครั้นละทิ้งลงกาแล้ว ผู้ทรงเดชนั้นก็เข้าสู่เขาคันธมาทนะ โดยมีเหล่าคันธรรพ์และยักษ์ติดตาม พร้อมด้วยพวกรากษสและกิมปุรุษ

Word by Word

• हित्वा: having abandoned/left
• हित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (त्यागे)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed/illustrious one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लङ्काम्: Lankā
• लङ्काम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आविशद्: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश् (प्रवेशने)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• गन्धमादनम्: Gandhamādana (mountain/forest)
• गन्धमादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गन्धर्वयक्षानुगतः: accompanied by Gandharvas and Yakṣas
• गन्धर्वयक्षानुगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्धर्व-यक्ष-अनुगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• रक्षःकिम्पुरुषैः: with Rākṣasas and Kiṃpuruṣas
• रक्षःकिम्पुरुषैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्-किम्पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Markandeya
• Laṅkā
• Gandhamādana
• Gandharvas
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Kimpuruṣas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights purposeful movement from one realm to another under auspicious guidance: the ‘blessed one’ proceeds on a significant journey, and even diverse classes of beings align behind him. Ethically, it suggests that righteous or spiritually potent leadership can harmonize varied forces toward a shared course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Markandeya narrates a transition: the revered figure departs from Laṅkā and enters the Gandhamādana region, traveling with an entourage of Gandharvas and Yakṣas, along with Rākṣasas and Kimpuruṣas—signaling a shift of scene into a sacred, otherworldly landscape.