Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 74

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

अचल: कनकाक्षश्न बालानामपि य: प्रभु: । संचारकः कोकनदो गृश्रपत्रश्चन जम्बुक:

Transliteration

acalaḥ kanakākṣaś ca bālānām api yaḥ prabhuḥ | sañcārakaḥ kokanado gṛdhrapatraś ca na jambukaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “He is steadfast; he is ‘Golden-eyed’; he is a master even over the young. He moves about as a messenger; he is called Kokanada; he is ‘Vulture-winged’—and he is no jackal.”

Word by Word

• अचलः: the mountain (immovable one)
• अचलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कनकाक्षः: golden-eyed (one)
• कनकाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बालानाम्: of children / of the young
• बालानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: even / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: lord / master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संचारकः: wanderer / mover about
• संचारकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कोकनदः: red lotus
• कोकनदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकनद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गृध्रपत्रः: vulture-feathered / having vulture-like wings
• गृध्रपत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्रपत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जम्बुकः: jackal
• जम्बुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kokanada
• Jambuka (jackal)