Shloka 5

Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 233 — Pandavas Mobilize; Arjuna’s Conciliation and the Onset of Combat

Devanagari script

अमोघस्त्वनघो रौद्र: प्रियश्रन्द्राननस्तथा । दीप्तशक्ति: प्रशान्तात्मा भद्गरकृत्‌ कूटमोहन:,मार्कण्डेयजी बोले--राजन्‌! आग्नेय, स्कन्द, दीप्तकीर्ति, अनामय, मयूरकेतु, धर्मात्मा, भूतेश, महिषमर्दन, कामजित, कामद, कान्त, सत्यवाक्‌, भुवनेश्वर, शिशु, शीघ्र, शुचि, चण्ड, दीप्तवर्ण, शुभानन, अमोघ, अनघ, रौद्र, प्रिय, चन्द्रानन, दीप्तशक्ति, प्रशान्तात्मा, भद्गरकृत, कूटमोहन, षष्ठीप्रिय, धर्मात्मा, पवित्र, मातृवत्सल, कन्याभर्ता, विभक्त, स्वाहेय, रेवतीसुत, प्रभु, नेता, विशाख, नैगमेय, सुदुश्चर, सुव्रत, ललित, बाल- क्रीडनकप्रिय, आकाशचारी, ब्रह्मचारी, शूर, शंखणोद्धव, विश्वामित्रप्रिय, देवसेनाप्रिय, वासुदेवप्रिय, प्रिय और प्रियकृत--ये कार्तिकेयजीके दिव्य नाम हैं। जो इनका पाठ करता है, वह धन, कीर्ति तथा स्वर्गलोक प्राप्त कर लेता है; इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

amoghas tvanagho raudraḥ priyaś candrānanas tathā | dīptaśaktiḥ praśāntātmā bhadgarakṛt kūṭamohanaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O King, he is unfailing and sinless; fierce in righteous wrath, yet dear to his devotees; moon-faced; endowed with blazing power; inwardly tranquil; a doer of auspicious deeds; and one who confounds deceit and hypocrisy.”

Word by Word

अमोघःunfailing, unerring

तुand/but/indeed

अनघःsinless, faultless

रौद्रःfierce, terrible

प्रियःdear, beloved

चन्द्राननःmoon-faced (one whose face is like the moon)

तथाalso, likewise

दीप्तशक्तिःone of blazing power/weapon

प्रशान्तात्माone whose self is calm

भद्गरकृत्doer/maker of Bhadgara (destroyer of Bhadgara)

कूटमोहनःone who deludes/overcomes deceit (or the deceitful)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee in context)

Kārttikeya/Skanda (implied referent of the epithets)

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?

The verse presents divine qualities as ethical ideals: power should be ‘unfailing’ and ‘sinless,’ fierceness should serve the destruction of wrongdoing, and true strength is paired with inner calm. It also implies that remembering and reciting such epithets cultivates devotion and auspiciousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is enumerating the sacred names/epithets of Kārttikeya (Skanda) for the king, describing his attributes—mighty yet serene, beloved yet terrible to evil—within a devotional catalogue of names.