Shloka 41

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

सत्कृत्य शरभज्ुं स दण्डकारण्यमाश्रित: । नदीं गोदावरीं रम्यामाश्रित्य न्यवसत्‌ तदा,वहाँ शरभंग मुनिका सत्कार करके वे दण्डकारण्यमें चले गये और वहाँ सुरम्य गोदावरी नदीके तटका आश्रय लेकर रहने लगे

Transliteration

satkṛtya śarabhajjuṁ sa daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ | nadīṁ godāvarīṁ ramyām āśritya nyavasat tadā ||

Translation

他恭敬礼遇舍罗婆昂伽仙人之后，便退入檀陀迦林；在那可爱的戈达瓦丽河畔依止而居，安下住处。

Word by Word

• सत्कृत्य: having honored / after honoring
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + कृ (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• शरभङ्गम्: Śarabhanga (the sage)
• शरभङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरभङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• दण्डकारण्यम्: the Daṇḍaka forest
• दण्डकारण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डकारण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रितः: having resorted to / having gone to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + श्रि (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• नदीम्: river
• नदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गोदावरीम्: Godāvarī
• गोदावरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदावरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रम्याम्: beautiful, delightful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रित्य: having taken refuge at / having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + श्रि (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• न्यवसत्: dwelt, stayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वस्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: अव्यय

Speaker

(श्रीरम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Śarabhanga (sage)
• Daṇḍakāraṇya (Daṇḍaka forest)
• Godāvarī (river)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as proper reverence to holy persons (satkāra) and disciplined living: after honoring a sage, Rāma chooses a simple, restrained life in the forest, suggesting that ethical conduct includes humility, gratitude, and respect for spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma respectfully receives and honors the sage Śarabhanga, then proceeds into the Daṇḍaka forest and settles by the beautiful Godāvarī river, establishing his residence there.