Shloka 65

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Indra’s Intended Request

Kuṇḍala–Kavaca Discourse

Devanagari script

सखिभावाच्च सुग्रीव: कुशल त्वानुपृच्छति । क्षिप्रमेष्यति ते भर्ता सर्वशाखामृगै: सह

Transliteration

sakhibhāvāc ca sugrīvaḥ kuśala tvānupṛcchati | kṣipram eṣyati te bhartā sarvaśākhāmṛgaiḥ saha ||

Translation

“Vì tình bằng hữu, Sugrīva gửi lời thăm hỏi và hỏi han sự bình an của nàng. Phu quân của nàng sẽ sớm đến, cùng toàn thể bầy vānara trong rừng.”

Word by Word

• सखि-भावात्: from (our) friendship
• सखि-भावात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि-भाव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• सुग्रीवः: Sugriva
• सुग्रीवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशलम्: well-being, welfare
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनुपृच्छति: asks after, inquires about
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, soon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• एष्यति: will come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भर्ता: husband, lord
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-शाखा-मृगैः: with all the monkeys (tree-dwellers)
• सर्व-शाखा-मृगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वशाखामृग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• सुग्रीव (Sugrīva)
• शाखामृग (śākhāmṛga, monkeys)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic etiquette of inquiring after another’s welfare and the ethical strength of friendship expressed through prompt, practical support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya reports a message: Sugrīva, acting as a friend, asks about the listener’s well-being and announces that the listener’s lord will soon arrive with the full company of monkeys.