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Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

पाणीतकं कालिकं च महामायाविनायुभौ

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pāṇītakaṃ kālikaṃ ca mahāmāyāvināyubhau, rudravasubhirādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。大いなる主は、幻術を操る二人の大いなる者—パーニータカとカーリカ—を従え、ルドラたち、ヴァスたち、アーディティヤたち、そして双子のアシュヴィンに取り囲まれて立った。この場面では、神々が敬虔に軍神の周りへ集い、その至上の権威と、戦の展開を支える宇宙的な承認を示している。

Word by Word

पाणीतकम्Pāṇītaka (a name/epithet; lit. ‘having hands’/‘handed’)

कालिकम्Kālika (a name/epithet; ‘dark/blackish’)

चand

महामायाविनौtwo great illusionists

इयुभौthose two

रुद्रैःby/with the Rudras

वसुभिःby/with the Vasus

आदित्यैःby/with the Ādityas

अश्विभ्याम्by/with the two Aśvins

चand

वृतःsurrounded/encircled

प्रभुःthe lord

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇītaka

Kālika

Rudras

Vasus

Ādityas

Aśvins (Aśvinīkumāras)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes cosmic legitimacy and reverent order: when divine powers assemble around a single lordly figure, it signals sanctioned authority and the alignment of many forces under a higher command—an ethical reminder that power is ideally exercised within a recognized cosmic and moral framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a scene where a powerful lord is encircled by major classes of gods—Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvin twins—along with two beings described as great masters of māyā (Pāṇītaka and Kālika), indicating a solemn divine gathering and attendance.