Shloka 17
सूर्य–कर्णोपदेशः
Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Kīrti and the Kuṇḍala
बद्धगोधाडुलित्राणौ राघवौ तत्र जम्मतुः । वृतौ हरिमहामात्रै श्वन्द्रसूर्यों ग्रहैरिव,दोनों रघुवंशी वीर श्रीराम और लक्ष्मण हाथोंमें गोहके चमड़ेके बने हुए दस्ताने पहने हुए थे। वे ग्रहोंसे घिरे हुए चन्द्रमा और सूर्यकी भाँति वानरजातीय मन्त्रियोंके बीचमें होकर चल रहे थे
baddha-godhā-ḍuli-trāṇau rāghavau tatra jagmatuḥ | vṛtau hari-mahā-mātraiḥ śvandra-sūryau grahair iva ||
马尔坎德耶说道：在那里，罗伽族的两位后裔——圣罗摩与罗什曼那——继续前行，双手戴着以巨蜥皮制成的护手。众多婆那罗大臣环侍左右，他们行进之姿，宛如月与日被群星行星所拱卫。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic leadership: worthy leaders advance with preparedness (protective gear) and with the support of competent counsellors. The simile of sun and moon with planets suggests ordered authority—power guided and stabilized by an ethical, well-structured retinue rather than isolated force.
In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration of the Rāma story within the Vana Parva, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa proceed onward wearing protective hand-guards made of godhā-hide, while the chief Vānara ministers surround them. Their movement is compared to the moon and sun encircled by planets.