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

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: Rồi sau đó, chính theo con đê ấy, ngài lại vượt qua đại dương—nơi cư ngụ của loài makara—một lần nữa, rực sáng giữa trời cao trong cỗ xa giá trên không Puṣpaka. Câu kệ nêu bật sự trở lại có chủ đích và ý chí kiên định: làm xong điều cần làm, ngài tiếp tục tiến bước không chút kiêu mạn, nương vào tài năng, phương tiện và ý hướng kỷ luật.

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.