Shloka 36
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
Devanagari script
एवं स कृत्वा समयं दृष्टवा नीहारमी श्वर:
Transliteration
evaṁ sa kṛtvā samayaṁ dṛṣṭvā nīhāram īśvaraḥ
Translation
وهكذا، بعدما أبرم العهد ورأى حجاب الضباب قد ارتفع، تصرّف السيّد وفق مقتضى اللحظة—مستحضرًا شروط القسم ومراعيًا تبدّل الأحوال.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कृत्वाhaving done/made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)
समयम्agreement; appointed time; pledge
समयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen/considered
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)
नीहारम्mist; fog
नीहारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनीहार
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
ईश्वरःthe lord; the ruler
ईश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)ई
ईश्वर (Īśvara)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights fidelity to a samaya (pledge/compact) while remaining attentive to shifting circumstances; ethical action in war is framed as honoring commitments without ignoring present realities.
The narrator states that a leading figure, after carrying out an agreed condition and noticing a mist or obscuring haze, proceeds accordingly—signaling a tactical or consequential turn shaped by both prior vows and immediate battlefield conditions.