Shloka 19

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

जगहुस्ते तदा राजन्‌ सर्व एव दिवौकस: । आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं मड़लानि च सर्वश:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

jaguḥ te tadā rājan sarva eva divaukasaḥ |

ābhiṣecanikaṁ bhāṇḍaṁ maṅgalāni ca sarvaśaḥ ||

rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṁ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。王よ、その時、天界の神々は皆、声を合わせて称賛の叫びを上げた。彼らの手には灌頂の器と、あらゆる吉祥の品が携えられていた。ルドラ、ヴァス、アーディティヤ、双子のアシュヴィンに囲まれ、強大なる主はその輪の中に立つ—それは神々の秩序の相であり、正当な権威がただ力によってではなく、公然たる聖なる儀礼によって確証されることを示していた。

Word by Word

• जगृहुः: took/held
• जगृहुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (√ग्रह्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आभिषेचनिकम्: pertaining to consecration
• आभिषेचनिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आभिषेचनिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भाण्डम्: vessel/utensil
• भाण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मङ्गलानि: auspicious items
• मङ्गलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वशः: in every way / of all kinds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rājan (the King, i.e., Janamejaya as addressee)
• Divaukasaḥ (the gods)
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Aśvinau (the two Aśvins)
• Ābhiṣecanika-bhāṇḍa (consecration vessels)
• Maṅgala-dravya (auspicious articles)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is affirmed through dharmic, public, and auspicious rites: the gods’ collective presence and the consecration implements symbolize that power should be sanctified and ordered, not merely seized.

What is happening in the narrative?

All the heavenly beings acclaim the moment and stand around the central lordly figure, holding consecration vessels and auspicious materials, preparing for or marking a formal abhiṣeka (anointment/consecration).