Shloka 68

Devanagari script

सचिवाश्नलास्य चत्वार: शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपना: । श्वेतपर्वतमारूढा मोक्ष्यन्तेडस्मान्महाभयात्‌,“इनके चारों मन्त्री भी श्वेत पुष्पमाला और चन्दनसे चर्चित हो श्वेतपर्वतके शिखरपर बैठे थे; अतः विभीषणके साथ वे भी आनेवाले महान्‌ भयसे मुक्त हो जायँगे'

Transliteration

sacivāś cānalāsyāś catvāraḥ śuklamālyānulepanāḥ | śvetaparvatam ārūḍhā mokṣyante ’smān mahābhayāt ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“他的四位大臣亦然——佩白花鬘，涂檀香膏——端坐于白山之巅，将从这迫近的大恐怖中得解脱。故与毗毗沙那同在，他们也将脱离将临之灾。”

Word by Word

सचिवाःministers

अनलास्यhaving fire-like (bright) appearance/energy (epithet)

चत्वारःfour

शुक्लwhite

माल्यgarlands

अनुलेपनाःanointed/with unguents (smeared with paste)

श्वेतwhite

पर्वतmountain

आरूढाःhaving mounted/ascended

मोक्ष्यन्तेwill be released / will be freed

इद्from these

अस्मात्from this

महाभयात्from great fear

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Vibhīṣaṇa

four ministers (sacivāḥ)

Śvetaparvata (White Mountain)

white garlands (śuklamālya)

sandal-paste/anointing (anulepana)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Those aligned with righteous refuge and auspicious conduct are portrayed as being protected from overwhelming danger; the verse emphasizes deliverance from fear for the virtuous and their associates.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes Vibhīṣaṇa’s four ministers, marked by white garlands and sandal anointing, seated on the White Mountain, and foretells that they too will be freed from an approaching great peril.