Shloka 13

Adhyāya 227: Duryodhana’s Deliberation and the Ghoṣa-yātrā Pretext

Dvaita-vana

Devanagari script

मड्लानि च सर्वाणि कौमाराणि त्रयोदश । जातकर्मादिकास्तस्य क्रियाश्षक्रे महामुनि:,उन महामुनिने कुमारके सारे मांगलिक कृत्य सम्पन्न किये। जातकर्म आदि तेरह क्रियाओंका भी अनुष्ठान किया

Transliteration

maṅgalāni ca sarvāṇi kaumārāṇi trayodaśa | jātakarmādikās tasya kriyāś cakre mahāmuniḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: The great sage duly performed for the child all the auspicious rites of early life—thirteen in number—beginning with the birth-rite (jātakarma). Thus the boy’s life was set upon a disciplined and dharmic course through sanctifying observances rather than mere worldly celebration.

Word by Word

मङ्गलानिauspicious rites/ceremonies

चand

सर्वाणिall

कौमाराणिpertaining to the child/infant

त्रयोदशthirteen

जातकर्मादिकाःthe rites beginning with the birth-rite (jātakarma) etc.

तस्यof him/of that (child)

क्रियाःrites/acts

चक्रेperformed/did

महामुनिःthe great sage

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

mahāmuni (great sage)

kumāraka (the child)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that a child’s life should be consecrated through dharmic discipline and auspicious saṃskāras; ethical formation begins early through prescribed rites that align the individual with sacred order and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a great sage performed all the customary auspicious childhood rites for a boy—thirteen in total—starting with jātakarma, indicating the child’s formal initiation into a protected and dharma-oriented life.