Shloka 526

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

समरेषु जयं चैव प्रददौ लोकभावन: । राजा वरुणने बल और वीर्यसे सम्पन्न एक नाग भेंट किया और लोकस्रष्टा भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माने ब्राह्मणहितैषी कुमारको काला मृगचर्म तथा युद्धमें विजयका आशीर्वाद प्रदान किया

Transliteration

samareṣu jayaṃ caiva pradadau lokabhāvanaḥ | rājā varuṇena bala-vīrya-sampannaṃ nāgaṃ bhentaṃ kṛtvā lokasraṣṭā bhagavān brahmā brāhmaṇa-hitaiṣī kumārakaṃ kāla-mṛga-carma tathā yuddhe vijayāśīrvādaṃ pradadau |

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—লোকভাবনে সমৰত জয়ো দান কৰিলে। ৰজা বৰুণে বল আৰু বীৰ্যৰে সম্পন্ন এটা নাগ উপহাৰ দিলে; আৰু লোকস্ৰষ্টা ভগৱান ব্ৰহ্মাই ব্ৰাহ্মণহিতৈষী সেই কুমাৰক কৃষ্ণমৃগচৰ্ম আৰু যুদ্ধত বিজয়ৰ আশীৰ্বাদ প্ৰদান কৰিলে।

Word by Word

समरेषुin battles

जयम्victory

चand

एवindeed/just

प्रददौgave/bestowed

लोकभावनःthe sustainer/creator of the worlds

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Varuṇa

Brahmā

kumāraka (a young boy)

nāga (serpent/nāga-being)

kāla-mṛga-carma (black antelope skin)

jaya (victory)

yuddha (war)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Victory in war is portrayed as more than physical prowess: it is linked to divine sanction and to alignment with dharma—here emphasized through Brahmā’s brāhmaṇa-friendly disposition and the bestowal of a ritually significant antelope-skin, suggesting disciplined, dharmic conduct alongside martial success.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a sequence of boons and gifts: Varuṇa offers a powerful nāga as a present, and Brahmā grants the boy a black antelope-skin and a blessing of victory in battle, indicating the recipient’s empowerment through both symbolic ritual items and explicit martial benediction.