Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

तस्मै ब्रह्मा ददौ प्रीतो बलिनो वातरंहस:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tasmai brahmā dadau prīto balino vātaraṁhasaḥ, rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṁ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。彼を喜んだ梵天は、風のごとく迅速に動くその強者に恩寵を授けた。主はルドラ、ヴァス、アーディティヤ、そして二柱のアシュヴィンに囲まれて立ち、神々の力の集いはその灌頂を確証し、共同の承認によってその威力の正当性を宣言したのである。

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलिनः: of the mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वातरंहसः: of him who is swift as the wind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातरंहस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रुद्रैः: with the Rudras
• रुद्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आदित्यैः: with the Ādityas
• आदित्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्विभ्याम्: with the two Aśvins
• अश्विभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

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

• वृतः: surrounded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brahmā
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Aśvinau (the Aśvin twins)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and authority are portrayed as ethically weighty only when aligned with cosmic order: the gathering of major divine classes around the recipient signals that strength is not merely personal prowess but a responsibility recognized and regulated by higher principles.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Brahmā, pleased, grants a boon or endowment to a mighty, wind-swift figure, while prominent groups of gods—the Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvin twins—stand around him, marking a formal divine endorsement.