Shloka 53

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

संततार पुनस्तेन सेतुना मकरालयम्‌ | पुष्पकेण विमानेन खेचरेण विराजता

Transliteration

santatāra punas tena setunā makarālayam | puṣpakeṇa vimānena khecareṇa virājatā

Translation

Wika ni Mārkaṇḍeya: Pagkaraan, sa mismong tulay-daan na iyon, muli niyang tinawid ang karagatan—tahanan ng mga makara—habang nagniningning sa himpapawid sakay ng maringal na sasakyang panghimpapawid na Puṣpaka. Itinatampok ng taludtod ang pagbabalik na may malinaw na layon at matatag na pasya: matapos maganap ang dapat gawin, nagpatuloy siya nang walang pagmamataas, umaasa sa kasanayan, sa mga paraan, at sa disiplinadong hangarin.

Word by Word

• संततार: crossed over
• संततार: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तारयति/तितरति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सेतुना: by the bridge/causeway
• सेतुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मकरालयम्: the ocean (abode of makaras)
• मकरालयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकरालय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुष्पकेण: by the Pushpaka (vehicle)
• पुष्पकेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पक
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विमानेन: by the aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• खेचरेण: sky-moving / flying
• खेचरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खेचर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विराजता: shining, resplendent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-राज् (राजते)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• setu (causeway/bridge)
• makarālaya (ocean/sea)
• Puṣpaka-vimāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores steadfastness and disciplined follow-through: after building or using a means (the setu), one completes the task and proceeds onward without attachment, using available resources responsibly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that the hero crosses the ocean again by the same causeway, and is described as resplendent while traveling through the sky in the Puṣpaka aerial car.