Shloka 713
Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)
अभिषेकाय रामस्य यौवराज्येन भारत । युधिष्ठिर! राजा दशरथ बड़े बुद्धिमान् थे। उन्होंने यह सोचकर कि अब मेरी अवस्था बहुत अधिक हो गयी; अतः श्रीरामको युवराजपदपर अभिषिक्त कर देना चाहिये; इस विषयमें अपने मन्त्री और धर्मज्ञ पुरोहितोंसे सलाह ली
abhiṣekāya rāmasya yauvarājyena bhārata | yudhiṣṭhira! rājā daśaratha baḍe buddhimān the | unhoṃne yaha socakara ki aba merī avasthā bahuta adhika ho gayī; ataḥ śrīrāmako yuvarājapadapar abhiṣikta kara denā cāhiye; isa viṣayameṃ apane mantrī aura dharmajña purohitōṃse salāha lī |
Sinabi ni Mārkaṇḍeya: “O Bhārata, hinggil sa pag-aabhiseka kay Rāma upang italaga siya bilang Yuvarāja. O Yudhiṣṭhira, si Haring Daśaratha ay lubhang marunong. Nang mapagnilayan niyang siya’y labis nang tumanda, napagpasyahan niyang dapat italaga at pahiran ng banal na langis si Śrī Rāma bilang tagapagmana. Tungkol dito, humingi siya ng payo sa kanyang mga ministro at sa mga punong pari na dalubhasa sa dharma.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should act with foresight and humility: recognizing the limits of age, ensuring orderly succession, and grounding major decisions in dharma by consulting competent ministers and dharma-versed priests rather than acting impulsively.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates to Yudhiṣṭhira that King Daśaratha, seeing his advanced age, decided to consecrate Rāma as crown prince and therefore consulted his political advisors and religious authorities to proceed properly.