Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

तस्मै स भगवांस्तुष्टो भ्राता क्षात्रे धनेश्वर: । सैनापत्यं ददौ धीमान्‌ यक्षराक्षससेनयो:,बड़े भाई बुद्धिमान्‌ भगवान्‌ कुबेरने संतुष्ट होकर छोटे भाई विभीषणको यक्ष तथा राक्षसोंकी सेनाका सेनापति बना दिया

Transliteration

tasmai sa bhagavāṁstuṣṭo bhrātā kṣātre dhaneśvaraḥ | saināpatyaṁ dadau dhīmān yakṣarākṣasasenayoḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นพอพระทัยในเขาแล้ว กุเบรผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งทรัพย์ ผู้เป็นพี่ใหญ่ทรงเดชในอำนาจกษัตริย์ ได้ประทานตำแหน่งแม่ทัพให้แก่เขา ให้บัญชากองทัพยักษะและรากษสทั้งสอง

Word by Word

तस्मैto him

सःhe

भगवान्the illustrious/lordly one

तुष्टःpleased, satisfied

भ्राताbrother

क्षात्रेin/with regard to warriorhood, in the kshatra sphere

धन-ईश्वरःlord of wealth (Kubera)

सैनापत्यम्the office of commander-in-chief

ददौgave

धीमान्wise, intelligent

यक्ष-राक्षस-सेनयोःof the Yaksha and Rakshasa armies

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Kubera (Dhaneśvara)

Yakṣas

Rākṣasas

Saināpatya (generalship/command)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is portrayed as something conferred due to satisfaction with one’s conduct and capability; once granted, leadership implies disciplined stewardship—protecting and directing forces in alignment with dharma rather than personal whim.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Kubera, pleased with his younger brother, appoints him as the commander (senāpati) over the combined forces of the Yakṣas and the Rākṣasas, marking a formal bestowal of military responsibility and status.