Shloka 108

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

Devanagari script

पुन: प्रहरणान्येषां कीर्त्यमानानि मे शृणु । शेषै: कृत: पारिषदैरायुधानां परिग्रह:,अब शेष पार्षदोंने जिन आयुधोंको ग्रहण किया था, उनके नाम बता रहा हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

punaḥ praharaṇāny eṣāṃ kīrtyamānāni me śṛṇu | śeṣaiḥ kṛtaḥ pāriṣadair āyudhānāṃ parigrahaḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— আবার শোনো, এদের অস্ত্রসমূহের নাম আমি উচ্চারণ করছি। সভায় অবশিষ্ট পার্ষদরা যে যে আয়ুধ ধারণ করেছিল, এখন আমি তার বিবরণ দিচ্ছি।

Word by Word

पुनःagain

प्रहरणानिweapons

एषाम्of these (persons/things)

कीर्त्यमानानिbeing mentioned/being recited

मेmy / by me

शृणुhear (listen)

शेषैःby the remaining (ones)

कृतःmade/done

पारिषदैःby the attendants/courtiers

आयुधानाम्of weapons

परिग्रहःtaking/acceptance; acquisition

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

praharaṇa (weapons)

āyudha (arms)

pāriṣada (assembly attendants)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the epic’s concern with precise remembrance and accountability in war: who took up which weapons is carefully recorded, reflecting the ethical weight of martial action and its consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a descriptive enumeration, announcing that he will again list the weapons and specify which arms were taken up by the remaining members/attendants present.