Shloka 4.26.24

महाभिषेकः — Sugriva’s Coronation and Angada’s Installation

Devanagari script

तस्य पाण्डुरमाजह्रुश्छत्रं हेमपरिष्कृतम्4.26.23।।शुक्ले च वालव्यजने हेमदण्डे यशस्करे।तथा सर्वाणि रत्नानि सर्वबीजौषधीरपि4.26.24सक्षीराणां च वृक्षाणां प्ररोहान्कुसुमानि च।शुक्लानि चैव वस्त्राणि श्वेतं चैवानुलेपनम्4.26.25।।सुगन्धीनि च माल्यानि स्थलजान्यम्बुजानि च।चन्दनानि च दिव्यानि गन्धांश्च विविधान्बहून्4.26.26।।अक्षतं जातरूपं च प्रियङ्गुमधुसर्पिषी।दधि चर्म च वैयाघ्रं वाराही चाप्युपानहौ4.26.27।।समालम्भनमादाय रोचनां समनश्शिलाम्।आग्मुस्तत्र मुदिता वराः कन्यास्तु षोडश4.26.28।।

Transliteration

tasya pāṇḍuram ājahruś chatraṁ hemapariṣkṛtam 4.26.23 || śukle ca vālavyajane hemadaṇḍe yaśaskare | tathā sarvāṇi ratnāni sarvabījauṣadhīr api 4.26.24 sakṣīrāṇāṁ ca vṛkṣāṇāṁ prarohān kusumāni ca | śuklāni caiva vastrāṇi śvetaṁ caivānulepanam 4.26.25 || sugandhīni ca mālyāni sthalajāny ambujāni ca | candanāni ca divyāni gandhāṁś ca vividhān bahūn 4.26.26 || akṣataṁ jātarūpaṁ ca priyaṅgumadhusarpiṣī | dadhi carma ca vaiyāghraṁ vārāhī cāpy upānahau 4.26.27 || samālambhanam ādāya rocanāṁ samanaḥśilām | āgmuḥ tatra muditā varāḥ kanyās tu ṣoḍaśa 4.26.28 ||

Translation

In the Southern Recension, this verse is an expanded, cross-referential repetition of 4.26.23–28, listing the same coronation insignia and auspicious substances assembled for Sugrīva’s sacred anointing (abhiṣeka).

Context

The monkeys brought a white canopy decorated with gold and two chamaras with glorious golden staff. They also brought jewels, all kinds of medicinal herbs, sprouts, sap from trees, white flowers and white clothes, unguents, garlands of fragrant lotuses that grow on land and water, heavently sandal, fragrants of different kinds, goldcoloured paddy, honey of priyanga, curds, tiger skin and sandals made of boar skin. Then sixteen beautiful, cheerful females appeared with unguent, gorochana mixed with red arsenic (used for putting tilaka on the forehead).

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• chatra (royal canopy)
• cāmara (yak-tail fans)
• ratna (jewels)
• candanā (sandalwood)
• gorocanā (rocanā)
• manaḥśilā (realgar)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Textual preservation as dharma of tradition: the recensional repetition underscores the importance of transmitting ritual and royal norms accurately.

What is the narrative situation?

A reiterative block (with embedded verse numbering) restates the coronation materials and attendants connected with Sugrīva’s consecration.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Not character-centered here; the emphasis is on communal ritual completeness and the tradition’s careful documentation.