Shloka 39

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

सा हैमं रथमास्थाय स्थविरै: सचिवैर्वृ॑ता । तपोवनानि रम्याणि राजर्षीणां जगाम ह,सुवर्णमय रथपर सवार हो बूढ़े मन्त्रियोंसे घिरी हुई वह राजकन्या राजर्षियोंके सुरम्य तपोवनोंमें गयी

Transliteration

sā haimaṃ ratham āsthāya sthaviraiḥ sacivair vṛtā | tapovanāni ramyāṇi rājarṣīṇāṃ jagāma ha ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：她登上金色战车，周围随侍着年迈的大臣；那位王女便前往诸王仙所居的清丽苦行林苑。

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• ऐमम्: golden
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having mounted/ascended
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• स्थविरैः: by/with the aged (elderly)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थविर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सचिवैः: ministers/counsellors
• सचिवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वृता: surrounded/attended
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) / वृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपोवनानि: groves/forests of austerity (hermitages)
• तपोवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• रम्याणि: beautiful/delightful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• राजर्षीणाम्: of the royal sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya, speaker)
• राजकन्या (princess)
• हैम रथ (golden chariot)
• स्थविर सचिव (aged ministers/counselors)
• तपोवन (ascetic forest hermitages)
• राजर्षि (royal sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic pattern: worldly authority and wealth (a golden chariot) are best guided by wise counsel (aged ministers) and oriented toward spiritual centers (tapovanas of royal sages), implying that governance and personal decisions gain legitimacy when aligned with ascetic wisdom and righteous guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a princess, accompanied by senior ministers, mounts a golden chariot and travels to the beautiful hermitages of royal sages—indicating a purposeful journey toward sages for refuge, advice, or the fulfillment of a significant vow or quest.