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Shloka 10

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

सुग्रीव: प्रेषयामास सचिवं वानरं तयो: । बुद्धिमन्तं हनूमन्तं हिमवनतमिव स्थितम्‌,सुग्रीवने हिमालयके समान गम्भीर भावसे बैठे हुए अपने बुद्धिमान्‌ सचिव हनुमान्‌को उन दोनोंके पास भेजा

Sugrīvaḥ preṣayāmāsa sacivaṃ vānaraṃ tayoḥ | buddhimantaṃ Hanūmantaṃ Himavantam iva sthitam ||

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: Sugrīva sai vị cận thần của mình—Hanūmān, bậc trí tuệ trong hàng Vānara—đến gặp hai người ấy. Vững chãi và uy nghi như dãy Himālaya, Hanūmān được cử đi làm sứ giả với sự sáng suốt và thận trọng.

सुग्रीवःSugriva
सुग्रीवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुग्रीव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रेषयामासsent / dispatched
प्रेषयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-इष् (प्रेषयति)
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular
सचिवम्minister, counselor
सचिवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसचिव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वानरम्monkey (vanara)
वानरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवानर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तयोःof those two / to those two (contextual)
तयोः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormCommon, Genitive, Dual
बुद्धिमन्तम्intelligent
बुद्धिमन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धिमन्त्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
हनूमन्तम्Hanuman
हनूमन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहनूमन्त्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
हिमवत्Himavat (the Himalaya mountain)
हिमवत्:
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
स्थितम्standing, stationed
स्थितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (स्थित)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
सुग्रीव (Sugrīva)
हनुमान् (Hanūmān)
वानर (Vānara)
हिमवत्/हिमालय (Himavat/Himālaya)

Educational Q&A

A ruler should act through capable counsel: sending a wise, steady, and loyal minister as an envoy reflects dharma in governance—intelligence guided by restraint and service to a righteous purpose.

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Sugrīva dispatches his intelligent minister Hanūmān to meet “those two” (contextually, the two heroes being approached), describing Hanūmān’s steadfast presence as comparable to the Himālaya.