Shloka 14

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

कण्डूति: कालिका चैव देवमित्रा च भारत । वसुश्री: कोटरा चैव चित्रसेना तथाचला

Transliteration

kaṇḍūtiḥ kālikā caiva devamitrā ca bhārata | vasuśrīḥ koṭarā caiva citrasenā tathācalā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Bhārata, (da waren) Kaṇḍūti, Kālikā und auch Devamitrā; ebenso Vasuśrī, Koṭarā, ferner Citrasenā und zudem Acalā.“

Word by Word

कण्डूति:Kaṇḍūti (a woman's name)

कालिकाKālikā (a woman's name)

चand

एवindeed/also

देवमित्राDevamitrā (lit. 'friend of the gods'; a woman's name)

चand

भारतO Bhārata

वसुश्री:Vasuśrī (lit. 'splendour of wealth'; a woman's name)

कोटराKoṭarā (a woman's name)

चand

एवindeed/also

चित्रसेनाCitrasenā (lit. 'having a splendid army'; a woman's name)

तथाlikewise/and also

चलाCalā (a woman's name)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya)

Kaṇḍūti

Kālikā

Devamitrā

Vasuśrī

Koṭarā

Citrasenā

Acalā

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?

The verse’s primary function is documentary: it preserves names within the epic’s moral-historical memory. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such catalogues underscore that war’s story is not only about famous heroes but also about many individuals whose lives are implicated and remembered.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a sequential enumeration of women’s names addressed to Janamejaya (“O Bhārata”), as part of a broader passage that records persons connected to the events surrounding the Kurukṣetra war and its aftermath.