Shloka 15
कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor
राजन्या राजकन्याश्षाप्पयानयन्त्वाभिषेचनम्
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.
Vāyu dit : «Que les princes et les jeunes filles royales apportent pour toi la consécration. Bien des fils et des filles de rois viendront pour toi, portant des vases d’or, d’argent et d’argile, avec des herbes de guérison, des semences de toute sorte, des gemmes au complet, et des lianes et autres plantes—tout ce qu’exige le rite de l’onction.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.