Shloka 29
सावित्री-यमसंवादः
Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān
वालीके ऐसा कहनेपर शत्रुहन्ता सुग्रीव श्रीरामचन्द्रजीको परिस्थितिका ज्ञान कराते हुए-से अपने उस भाईसे अवसरके अनुरूप युक्तियुक्त वचन बोले-- ।। ह्ृतराज्यस्य मे राजन् हृतदारस्य च त्वया । कि मे जीवितसामर्थ्यमिति विद्धि समागतम्,“राजन! तुमने मेरा राज्य हर लिया है, मेरी स्त्रीको भी अपने अधिकारमें कर लिया है, ऐसी दशामें मुझमें जीवित रहनेकी शक्ति ही कहाँ है? यही सोचकर मरनेके लिये चला आया हूँ। आप मेरे आगमनका यही उद्देश्य समझ लें”
hṛtarājyasya me rājan hṛtadārasya ca tvayā | ki me jīvitasāmarthyam iti viddhi samāgatam ||
大王啊，你夺走了我的国土，甚至将我的妻子也纳入你的掌控。在这般境地，我还剩下什么力量可以苟活？须知：我此来心怀赴死之念——请明白，这正是我到来的目的。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of usurpation—taking another’s rightful sovereignty and spouse is portrayed as a total stripping of dignity and life-purpose. It frames such acts as producing existential despair, implying that royal power must be governed by dharma and restraint.
In the Vālin–Sugrīva episode as recalled by Mārkaṇḍeya, Sugrīva addresses Vālin, lamenting that Vālin has seized both his kingdom and his wife. Sugrīva declares that, having lost everything, he has come as one ready to die, asking Vālin to understand his purpose in coming.