Shloka 65
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
प्रियकश्नैव नन्दश्न गोनन्दश्न प्रतापवान् । आनन्दश्न प्रमोदश्न स्वस्तिको ध्रुवकस्तथा
priyakṛc caiva nandaś ca gonandaś ca pratāpavān | ānandaś ca pramodaś ca svastiko dhruvakas tathā ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Da waren auch Priyakṛ, Nanda und Gonanda—der Tapfere—; Ānanda, Pramoda, Svastika und ebenso Dhruvaka.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the epic’s ethical emphasis on remembrance and accountability: war is not abstract—named persons with distinct identities participate, and their deeds and deaths are recorded. Such catalogues reinforce the gravity of kṣatriya action and its consequences.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana is enumerating individuals present in the war context (a roster-style listing). The verse continues a sequence of names, identifying several figures, one described as ‘pratāpavān’ (valorous).