Shloka 15

Devanagari script

राजन्या राजकन्याश्षाप्पयानयन्त्वाभिषेचनम्‌

Transliteration

rājanyā rājakaṇyāś ca āpāyanayantu tvābhiṣecanam; bahavaḥ rājaputrā rājakaṇyāś ca tubhyaṃ suvarṇa-rūpya-mṛṇmaya-kalaśān, auṣadha-samūhān, sarva-vidha-bījāni, samagrāṇi ratnāni, latādayaś cābhiṣeka-sāmagrīṃ gṛhītvā āgamiṣyanti.

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Die Prinzen und königlichen Jungfrauen sollen dir die Abhiṣeka-Weihe bringen. Viele Söhne und Töchter von Königen werden deinetwegen kommen, Krüge aus Gold, Silber und Ton tragend, dazu Sammlungen heilender Kräuter, Samen aller Art, vollständige Edelsteinschätze sowie Ranken und dergleichen—alles, was der Ritus der Salbung erfordert.“

Word by Word

• राजन्याः: kshatriya men / nobles
• राजन्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजकन्याः: princesses
• राजकन्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजकन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• आप्याययन्तु: may they bring/arrange (for you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्यायय्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अभिषेचनम्: consecration/abhisheka
• अभिषेचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजपुत्राः: princes (sons of kings)
• राजपुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजकन्याः: princesses
• राजकन्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजकन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तुभ्यम्: for you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• काञ्चनान्: golden
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रौप्यान्: silver (made of silver)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौप्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मृण्मयान्: earthen (made of clay)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृण्मय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कलशान्: pots/jars
• कलशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• औषधसमूहम्: a collection of medicinal herbs
• औषधसमूहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध-समूह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वाणि: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• बीजानि: seeds
• बीजानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सम्पूर्णानि: complete/entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• रत्नानि: gems/jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• लताः: creepers/vines
• लताः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• आदयः: and the like, etc.
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि

• अभिषेकसामग्रीम्: materials for consecration
• अभिषेकसामग्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक-सामग्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गृहित्वा: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada

• आयास्यन्ति: they will come
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या
• Form: Simple Future (luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• rājaputrāḥ (princes)
• rājakaṇyāḥ (princesses)
• kalaśa (ritual vessels)
• gold
• silver
• clay vessels
• medicinal herbs (auṣadha)
• seeds (bīja)
• gems (ratna)
• creepers/vines (latā)
• abhiṣecana (consecration)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is affirmed through dharmic procedure: public, auspicious consecration supported by the wider polity. The verse emphasizes orderly recognition and ritual propriety over mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva foretells or instructs that royal sons and daughters will arrive bringing all items needed for an abhiṣeka—vessels, herbs, seeds, gems, and plants—signaling a formal, widely endorsed elevation of the addressed person.