Shloka 67

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

गायनो हसनश्नैव बाण: खड्गश्न वीर्यवान्‌ वैताली गतिताली च तथा कथकवातिकौ

Transliteration

gāyano hasanaś caiva bāṇaḥ khaḍgaś ca vīryavān | vaitālī gatitālī ca tathā kathakavātikau ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— তাত গায়ন আৰু হসন আছিল; আৰু বীৰ্যবান বাণ আৰু খড়্গো; তদ্ৰূপ বৈতালী আৰু গতিতালী, আৰু কথক আৰু বাতিকো আছিল।

Word by Word

• गायनः: a singer
• गायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हसनः: a laugher/jester
• हसनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हसन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्नैव: and indeed/just so (reading uncertain)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अश्नैव

• बाणः: an arrow
• बाणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खड्गश्च: and a sword
• खड्गश्च: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful, valiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैताली: a female bard/singer (vaitālī)
• वैताली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैताली
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिताली: a time-keeper of rhythm/movement (lit. gait-rhythm)
• गतिताली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति-ताली
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कथकौ: two storytellers/reciters
• कथकौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वातिकौ: two jesters/entertainers (reading uncertain)
• वातिकौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वातिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gāyana
• Hasana
• Bāṇa
• Khaḍga
• Vaitālī
• Gatitālī
• Kathaka
• Vātika