Shloka 81

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

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

Devanagari script

एवं सुरद्विषोडनेकान्‌ बलवानाततायिन: । जघान समरे वीर: कार्तिकेयो महाबल:

Transliteration

evaṃ suradviṣo 'nekān balavān ātatāyinaḥ | jaghāna samare vīraḥ kārtikeyo mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „So erschlug im Kampfgetümmel der mächtige Held Kārtikeya, von großer Kraft, viele starke Angreifer, Feinde der Götter.“

Word by Word

एवम्thus

सुरद्विषःfoes of the gods

उदनेकान्many, numerous

बलवान्mighty

आततायिनःaggressors, assailants

जघानslew

समरेin battle

वीरःthe hero

कार्तिकेयःKartikeya

महाबलःof great strength

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kārtikeya (Skanda)

Suras (Devas)

Sura-dviṣ (enemies of the gods)

Ātatāyins (aggressors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames righteous force as the suppression of ātatāyins—dangerous aggressors—especially when they threaten cosmic and social order (here, as 'enemies of the gods'). It implies that violence in a dharmic context is justified when it protects others and restrains grave wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kārtikeya, the mighty war-god, fought in battle and killed many powerful foes described as enemies of the devas and as ātatāyins (violent aggressors).