Shloka 36

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

एवं स कृत्वा समयं दृष्टवा नीहारमी श्वर:

Transliteration

evaṁ sa kṛtvā samayaṁ dṛṣṭvā nīhāram īśvaraḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ເມື່ອໄດ້ກຳນົດຂໍ້ຕົກລົງແລ້ວ ແລະເຫັນມ່ານໝອກລອຍຂຶ້ນ ພຣະອົງກໍ່ກະທຳໃຫ້ສອດຄ່ອງກັບຈັງຫວະເວລາ—ພ້ອມທັງຈື່ຈຳຄຳສາບານ ແລະເງື່ອນໄຂທີ່ກຳລັງແປປ່ຽນ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)

• समयम्: agreement; appointed time; pledge
• समयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)

• नीहारम्: mist; fog
• नीहारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीहार
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ईश्वरः: the lord; the ruler
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• ईश्वर (Īśvara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights fidelity to a samaya (pledge/compact) while remaining attentive to shifting circumstances; ethical action in war is framed as honoring commitments without ignoring present realities.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a leading figure, after carrying out an agreed condition and noticing a mist or obscuring haze, proceeds accordingly—signaling a tactical or consequential turn shaped by both prior vows and immediate battlefield conditions.