Shloka 46

Devanagari script

धाता विधाता लोकेशो दिशश्च सदिगी श्वरा: । स्वस्ति तेडद्य प्रयच्छन्तु कार्तिकेयश्व॒ षण्मुख:,धाता, विधाता, लोकनाथ ब्रह्मा, दिशाएँ, दिक्पाल तथा षडानन कार्तिकेय भी आज तुम्हें कल्याण प्रदान करें

Transliteration

dhātā vidhātā lokeśo diśaś ca sadigīśvarāḥ | svasti te ’dya prayacchantu kārtikeyaś ca ṣaṇmukhaḥ ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: «ليمنحك دْهَاتَا وفِذْهَاتَا، ربُّ العوالم، ومعهما الجهاتُ وحُماتُها من السادة الحارسين، السلامةَ اليوم؛ وليهبْك كَارْتِكِيَّا أيضًا—قائدَ الآلهة ذي الوجوه الستة—اليُمنَ والبركة».

Word by Word

धाताthe Creator (Dhātā)

विधाताthe Ordainer (Vidhātā)

लोकेशःLord of the worlds

दिशःthe directions

चand

सदिगीश्वराःthe lords of the directions (dikpālas)

स्वस्तिwell-being; auspiciousness

तेto you

अद्यtoday

प्रयच्छन्तुmay (they) grant

कार्तिकेयःKārttikeya (Skanda)

चand

षण्मुखःthe six-faced one (epithet of Kārttikeya)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhātā

Vidhātā

Lokeśa (Lord of the worlds)

Diśaḥ (the Directions)

Digīśvarāḥ / Dikpālas (guardians of the directions)

Kārtikeya (Skanda)

Ṣ

Ṣaṇmukha (six-faced)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the violence and uncertainty of war, the text foregrounds the need for auspicious intention and reliance on cosmic order—invoking creator/ordainer powers and protective deities as a reminder that human action should seek welfare (svasti) and alignment with a higher moral and cosmic governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya offers a formal benediction, invoking Dhātā, Vidhātā, the Lord of the worlds, the Directions with their guardians, and Kārtikeya (Ṣaṇmukha) to grant well-being—an auspicious invocation placed within the tense war narrative of the Droṇa Parva.