Shloka 107

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

Devanagari script

चामरापीडकनिभा: श्वेतलोहितराजय: । नानावर्णा: सवर्णाश्व मयूरसदृशप्रभा:,कितने ही पार्षदोंके शरीरका रंग चँवर तथा फूलोंके मुकुट-सा सफेद था। कुछ लोगोंके अंगोंमें श्वेत और लाल रंगोंकी पंक्तियाँ दिखायी देती थीं। कुछ पार्षद एक-दूसरेसे भिन्न रंगके थे और बहुत-से समान रंगवाले भी थे। किन्हीं-किन्हींकी कान्ति मोरोंके समान थी

Transliteration

cāmarāpīḍakanibhāḥ śvetalohitarājayaḥ | nānāvārṇāḥ savarṇāśva mayūrasadṛśaprabhāḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ຕິດຕາມບາງຄົນຂາວຜ່ອງ ດັ່ງພັດຫາງຢັກ (ຈາມະຣະ) ແລະ ດັ່ງມົງກຸດດອກໄມ້. ບາງຄົນມີເສັ້ນລາຍຂາວແດງປາກົດຢູ່ຕາມກາຍ. ບາງຄົນມີຫຼາກສີຫຼາຍຢ່າງ, ແຕ່ອີກຫຼາຍຄົນກໍມີສີຄ້າຍກັນ. ບາງຄົນສ່ອງປະກາຍດັ່ງມະຍູຣາ (ນົກຍູງ)».

Word by Word

• चामरापीडकनिभाः: having the appearance of yak-tail fans and diadems/crowns
• चामरापीडकनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चामर-आपीडक-निभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्वेतलोहितराजयः: having white and red streaks/lines
• श्वेतलोहितराजयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत-लोहित-राजि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नानावर्णाः: of various colors
• नानावर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना-वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सवर्णाश्वाः: having horses of the same color / uniform-colored (with horses)
• सवर्णाश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-वर्ण-अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मयूरसदृशप्रभाः: having splendor like that of peacocks
• मयूरसदृशप्रभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मयूर-सदृश-प्रभा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• pārṣadāḥ (attendants/retinue)
• cāmara (yak-tail fan)
• āpīḍaka (flower-crest/diadem)
• mayūra (peacock)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive: it highlights the extraordinary, almost otherworldly appearance of a retinue. In the epic’s ethical atmosphere, such imagery often signals heightened significance—moments where power, fate, or divine presence surrounds the unfolding events—inviting the listener to read the scene with seriousness and moral attention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a group of attendants (pārṣadas), detailing their varied complexions and radiance—white like ceremonial fans and floral crests, marked with white-and-red streaks, multicolored or uniformly colored, and some shining like peacocks—thereby intensifying the scene’s grandeur and portent.