Shloka 7

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

Devanagari script

एवं बहुविधैर्वाक्यैर्लक्ष्मणेन स राघव: । उक्त: प्रकृतिमापेदे कार्ये चानन्तरो5भवत्‌,इस प्रकार लक्ष्मणद्वारा अनेक प्रकारके वचनोंसे धैर्य दिलाये जानेपर श्रीरामचन्द्रजी स्वस्थ हुए और आवश्यक कार्यमें लग गये

Transliteration

evaṁ bahuvidhair vākyair lakṣmaṇena sa rāghavaḥ | uktaḥ prakṛtim āpede kārye cānantaro 'bhavat ||

Translation

Thế rồi, được Lakṣmaṇa dùng muôn lời khuyên nhủ mà nâng đỡ, Rāma—dòng dõi nhà Raghu—lấy lại sự điềm tĩnh vốn có và lập tức dấn thân vào việc cần làm.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• बहुविधैः: by many kinds (of)
• बहुविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वाक्यैः: by words/speeches
• वाक्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• लक्ष्मणेन: by Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राघवः: Raghava (Rama)
• राघवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (PPP)

• प्रकृतिम्: natural state; composure
• प्रकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आपेदे: attained; regained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्ये: in the task/duty
• कार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अनन्तरः: immediately after; without delay
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became; engaged (was)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• लक्ष्मण (Lakṣmaṇa)
• राघव (Rāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sound, compassionate counsel can restore a person’s equilibrium (prakṛti) and redirect emotion into timely, duty-bound action; steadiness is shown not by suppressing feeling but by returning to right conduct without delay.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Lakṣmaṇa speaks to Rāma in many ways to encourage him; as a result, Rāma regains his normal composure and immediately engages in the necessary work at hand.