Shloka 13

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

शक्र उवाच भवस्वेन्द्रो महाबाहो सर्वेषां न: सुखावह: । अभिषिच्यस्व चैवाद्य प्राप्तरूपो$सि सत्तम,इन्द्रने कहा--महाबाहो! तुम्हीं इन्द्र बनो और हम सबको सुख पहुँचाओ। सज्जनशिरोमणे! तुम इस पदके सर्वथा योग्य हो। अतः आज ही इस पदपर अपना अभिषेक करा लो

Transliteration

śakra uvāca: bhavasvendraḥ mahābāho sarveṣāṃ naḥ sukhāvahaḥ | abhiṣicyasva caivādya prāptarūpo 'si sattama ||

Translation

Śakra sprach: „O du mit den mächtigen Armen, werde Indra und bringe uns allen Glück. O Bester der Guten, du bist dieses Ranges völlig würdig; darum lass dich noch heute in dieses Amt weihen.“

Word by Word

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)

उवाचsaid

भवस्वbe (become)

इन्द्रःIndra (king of gods)

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

सर्वेषाम्of all

नःof us / our

सुखावहःbringing happiness

अभिषिच्यस्वhave yourself consecrated / get anointed

चand

एवindeed / just

अद्यtoday

प्राप्तरूपःhaving attained the proper form/fitness

असिyou are

सत्तमO best of the good

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakra (Indra)

Indra (office/title)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority and high office should rest on fitness and merit (prāptarūpa), and when one is truly qualified, accepting responsibility for the welfare of all (sukhāvaha) becomes a dharmic duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra addresses a heroic figure and urges him to assume the role of Indra, emphasizing his worthiness and calling for immediate consecration (abhiṣeka) to formalize the transfer of authority.