Shloka 14
Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)
चिन्तयंश्र॒ महातेजा गुणान् रामस्य वीर्यवान् । अभ्यभाषत भद्ं ते प्रीयमाण: पुरोहितम्
cintayaṃś ca mahātejā guṇān rāmasya vīryavān | abhyabhāṣata bhadraṃ te prīyamāṇaḥ purohitam, rājan | brahman! adya puṣya-nakṣatram; rātrau cāsya parama-pavitra-yogo bhavitā | rājyābhiṣeka-sāmagrīṃ sajjīkuru, rāmaṃ ca tad-viṣayaṃ vijñāpaya ||
马尔坎德耶说道：“达沙拉塔王光辉炽盛，英勇无比；追念罗摩之德，心中欢悦，便对家祭司说道：‘愿你安好。婆罗门啊，今日普什耶星宿当值，今夜又将与至为吉祥、净化的合相相会。你当备办王者灌顶（加冕）之所需，并也告知罗摩。’”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharmic kingship: a ruler honors virtue (Rama’s guṇas), follows proper counsel through the purohita, and undertakes major political acts (coronation) in alignment with sacred timing and ritual order, emphasizing legitimacy, restraint, and reverence for auspicious discipline.
Markandeya recounts how King Dasharatha, pleased while contemplating Rama’s virtues, speaks to his priest and orders preparations for Rama’s coronation, noting that the day’s Pushya nakshatra and an especially auspicious night-yoga make the time suitable; he also instructs that Rama be informed.