Shloka 10

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

दिव्यतानेषु गायन्त: पर्युपासन्त त॑ प्रभुम्‌ तत्र दिव्यानि पुष्पाणि प्रावहत्‌ पवनस्तदा

Transliteration

divyatāneṣu gāyantaḥ paryupāsanta taṁ prabhum | tatra divyāni puṣpāṇi prāvahat pavanastadā ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「天上の調べにのせて歌い、彼の主を礼拝していた。そのとき風神は、神々しい花々をそこへ運び来たらせた。」この場面は、精妙な音楽と供物によって信仰が表される聖なる集会を想起させ、真の敬虔とは虚飾ではなく、調和と美と整然たる礼拝にこそ宿ることを示している。

Word by Word

• दिव्यतानैषु: in/among the divine melodies (tones)
• दिव्यतानैषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्यतान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• गायन्तः: singing
• गायन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• पर्युपासन्त: they worshipped/attended upon
• पर्युपासन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभुम्: the lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्रावहत्: carried/blew (along)
• प्रावहत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वाह् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पवनः: the wind
• पवनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahma (implied by context as the worshipped Lord in the assembly)
• Vayu (Pavana, Wind-god)
• Divine flowers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reverence is shown through disciplined, harmonious worship—music, offerings, and orderly attendance—indicating that devotion aligned with beauty and restraint reflects dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A celestial gathering is engaged in worship: singers perform in divine musical modes while the Wind-god wafts divine flowers, heightening the sanctity and grandeur of the scene around the revered deity (contextually, Brahmā).