Shloka 37

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठवामदेवा भ्यां विप्रैश्षान्यी: सहस्रशः । पौरजानपदै: सार्थ रामानयनकाड्क्षया

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha-vāmadevābhyāṁ vipraiḥ anyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | paura-jānapadaiḥ sārthaṁ Rāmānayana-kāṅkṣayā ||

Translation

رام کو واپس لانے کی آرزو میں وہ وشیِشٹھ اور وام دیو کے ساتھ، ہزاروں دیگر برہمنوں اور شہر و دیہات کے باشندوں کو ہمراہ لے کر روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठवामदेवाभ्याम्: by/with Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva
• वसिष्ठवामदेवाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ + वामदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• विप्रैः: by/with brahmins
• विप्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• पौरजानपदैः: with townsmen and countryfolk
• पौरजानपदैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर + जानपद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सार्थम्: together; along with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्थ

• रामानयनकाङ्क्षया: with the desire to bring Rāma back
• रामानयनकाङ्क्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + आनयन + काङ्क्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Vasiṣṭha
• Vāmadeva
• brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
• paurāḥ (townspeople)
• jānapadāḥ (countryfolk/subjects)
• Rāma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma as a shared social undertaking: when rightful order is to be restored, elders and spiritual authorities guide the process, and the wider community participates with disciplined intent—seeking reconciliation and proper return rather than coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a journey undertaken to bring Rāma back. Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva lead, joined by thousands of brāhmaṇas and by citizens and rural subjects, all united by the desire to escort or persuade Rāma to return.