Shloka 12

Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra

Devanagari script

मन्नियुक्ता मनुष्येन्द्र सर्वे च गिरिवासिन: । रक्षिष्यन्ति महाबाहो सहित द्विजसत्तमै:,महाबाहु नरश्रेष्ठ! वहाँ अलकानिवासी यक्ष तथा इस पर्वतपर रहनेवाले सभी प्राणी मेरी आज्ञाके अनुसार गन्धर्वों और किन्नरोंके साथ सदा इन श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंसहित तुम्हारी रक्षा करेंगे

Transliteration

man-niyuktā manuṣyendra sarve ca girivāsinaḥ | rakṣiṣyanti mahābāho sahitā dvijasattamaiḥ ||

Translation

Kubera berkata: “Wahai penguasa di antara manusia, semua penghuni gunung ini, yang bertindak di bawah perintahku, akan melindungimu, wahai yang berlengan perkasa—bersama para dwija yang utama.”

Word by Word

मत्from me / by me (as source of command)

नियुक्ताःappointed / commissioned

मनुष्येन्द्रO lord of men

सर्वेall

चand

गिरिवासिनःmountain-dwellers

रक्षिष्यन्तिwill protect

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

सहिताःtogether with / accompanied by

द्विजसत्तमैःby/with the best of twice-born (brahmins)

Speaker

धनद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhanada (Kubera)

manuṣyendra (addressed hero/king)

girivāsinaḥ (mountain-dwellers)

dvijasattama (foremost brāhmaṇas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate power is validated by its protective function: authority should be exercised in service of safeguarding the righteous, and the association with eminent brāhmaṇas signals that protection must remain aligned with dharma rather than mere force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kubera (Dhanada) assures the addressed hero that all beings residing on the mountain, under Kubera’s command, will provide protection, accompanied by foremost brāhmaṇas—an explicit guarantee of safety and support within the forest narrative setting.