Shloka 32

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

यत्र देवा: समागम्य वासुकिं पन्नगोत्तमम्‌ | सर्वपन्नगराजानमभ्यषिज्चन्‌ यथाविधि,वहीं देवताओंने आकर सर्पोमें श्रेष्ठ वासुकिको समस्त सर्पोके राजाके पदपर विधिपूर्वक अभिषिक्त किया था

Transliteration

yatra devāḥ samāgamya vāsukiṃ pannagottamam | sarvapannagarājānam abhyaṣiñcan yathāvidhi ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „An jenem Ort versammelten sich die Götter und salbten nach vorgeschriebenem Ritus Vāsuki — den Vorzüglichsten unter den Schlangen — zum souveränen König über alle Schlangenkönige.“

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागम्य: having assembled/come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• वासुकिम्: Vasuki
• वासुकिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुकि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पन्नगोत्तमम्: best of serpents
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पन्नगोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वपन्नगराजानम्: king of all serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपन्नगराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यषिञ्चन्: anointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: rule/rite
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Vāsuki

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority and leadership are portrayed as dharmically valid when conferred through proper procedure (yathāvidhi) and communal/divine recognition, emphasizing legitimacy grounded in order and rite rather than coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana recounts a traditional episode: the gods gather and perform a formal consecration (abhiṣeka) to install Vāsuki as the supreme ruler among the serpent chiefs.