Shloka 24

Devanagari script

कामवीर्यधरान्‌ सिद्धान्‌ महापारिषदान्‌ प्रभु: । नन्दिसेनं लोहिताक्षं घण्टाकर्ण च सम्मतम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kāmavīryadharān siddhān mahāpāriṣadān prabhuḥ | nandisenaṃ lohitākṣaṃ ghaṇṭākarṇaṃ ca sammatam | rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。主（スカンダ／カールッティケーヤ）は、断固たる武勇を具えた成就者たちと神廷の大侍従に囲まれ、さらにナンディセーナ、ローヒタークシャ、そして尊ばれるガーンターカルナに取り巻かれて立っていた。加えてルドラ、ヴァス、アーディティヤ、双子のアシュヴィンも随侍していた。この光景は、正当なる力の道義を示す。真の統率は孤立した暴力ではなく、規律あるダルマの力と宇宙の秩序だった列によって支えられるのである。

Word by Word

• कामवीर्यधरान्: bearing desired power/energy
• कामवीर्यधरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामवीर्यधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सिद्धान्: the Siddhas (perfected beings)
• सिद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महापारिषदान्: great attendants/courtiers
• महापारिषदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापारिषद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• नन्दिसेनम्: Nandisena
• नन्दिसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोहिताक्षम्: Lohitākṣa (red-eyed one)
• लोहिताक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहिताक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घण्टाकर्णम्: Ghaṇṭākarṇa (bell-eared one)
• घण्टाकर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टाकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सम्मतम्: approved/esteemed
• सम्मतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

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

• अश्विभ्याम्: by/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: वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Siddhas
• Mahāpāriṣadas (great court-attendants)
• Nandisena
• Lohitākṣa
• Ghaṇṭākarṇa
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Aśvins (Aśvinīkumāras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents rightful authority as harmonized with cosmic order: the Lord is attended by perfected beings and major deity-groups, suggesting that true power is legitimized and stabilized by disciplined, dharmic forces rather than mere individual might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Skanda/Kārttikeya standing encircled by eminent attendants (Nandisena, Lohitākṣa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa) and by divine classes (Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvins), forming a majestic divine entourage.