Shloka 23

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच सो5भिषिक्तो मघवता सर्वैर्देवगणै: सह

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca so’bhiṣikto maghavatā sarvair devagaṇaiḥ saha

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Er wurde von Maghavat (Indra) ordnungsgemäß geweiht, in Gegenwart aller Scharen der Götter.“

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Markandeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिषिक्तः: anointed, consecrated
• अभिषिक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिषिक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मघवता: by Maghavat (Indra)
• मघवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• देवगणैः: by the groups of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Maghavat (Indra)
• Devagaṇa (the hosts of gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is portrayed as requiring dharmic recognition and divine/social assent: the abhiṣeka symbolizes responsibility to uphold order, not merely the acquisition of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a certain figure is ceremonially installed through an abhiṣeka performed by Indra, with the assembled gods participating—marking a divinely endorsed elevation to rulership or high status.