Shloka 8
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
स गड्भजामभिसंगम्य नियोगाद् ब्रह्मण: प्रभु: । गर्भमाहितवान् दिव्यं भास्करोपमतेजसम्
sa gaḍbhajām abhisaṅgamya niyogād brahmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | garbham āhitavān divyaṃ bhāskaropama-tejasam ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Auf Brahmās Geheiß trat der mächtige Herr zu Gaḍbhajā und legte in sie einen göttlichen Keim, strahlend von sonnenähnlicher Glut.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents conception not as a merely personal act but as one governed by dharma when performed under niyoga—an authorized injunction—here explicitly linked to Brahmā’s command, emphasizing legitimacy, duty, and cosmic sanction.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that a powerful lord, acting on Brahmā’s directive, approaches Gaḍbhajā and causes her to conceive a divine, sun-bright embryo—signaling the advent of an extraordinary figure or destiny-bearing birth.