Shloka 46

कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue

Devanagari script

ततः स भगवान्‌ धीमान्‌ सर्वलोकपितामह: । मनसा चिन्तयामास किमयं लभतामिति,तदनन्तर सर्वलोकपितामह बुद्धिमान्‌ भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माने मन-ही-मन चिन्तन किया कि “यह बालक कौन-सा आधिपत्य ग्रहण करे”

Transliteration

tataḥ sa bhagavān dhīmān sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | manasā cintayāmāsa kim ayaṁ labhatām iti ||

Translation

Daraufhin sann der gesegnete, weise Großvater aller Welten (Brahmā) in seinem Innern nach: „Welche Herrschaft, welches Oberamt soll dieses Kind erlangen?“ Der Vers hebt einen Moment verantwortungsvoller Abwägung hervor: Macht wird nicht impulsiv verliehen, sondern mit Weitblick zum Wohl der Weltordnung bemessen.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

भगवान्the blessed one, Lord

धीमान्wise, intelligent

सर्वलोकपितामहःthe grandsire of all worlds (Brahmā)

मनसाwith (his) mind

चिन्तयामासhe thought, he reflected

किम्what

अयम्this (one)

लभताम्may he obtain / let him receive

इतिthus (quotative)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brahmā (Sarvalokapitāmaha)

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?

Authority and power are to be conferred through thoughtful discernment, considering fitness and the larger welfare of the world-order (dharma), not through impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Brahmā, described as the wise grandsire of all worlds, inwardly reflects on what kind of dominion or status a certain child should be granted.