Shloka 11
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
शरस्तम्बे महात्मानमनलात्मजमी श्वरम् । ममायमिति ता: सर्वा: पुत्रार्थिन्योडभिचुक्करुशु:
śarastambe mahātmānam analātmajam īśvaram | mamāyam iti tāḥ sarvāḥ putrārthinyō 'bhicukruśuḥ ||
ശരസ്തംബത്തിനിടയിൽ കിടന്ന മഹാത്മാവായ അനലപുത്രനായ ആ ഈശ്വരനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, പുത്രം ആഗ്രഹിച്ചിരുന്ന ആ സ്ത്രീകളെല്ലാം ഒരുമിച്ച് നിലവിളിച്ചു—“ഇവൻ എന്റേതാണ്!”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense attachment (the cry “mine”) arises even in sacred or heroic contexts, and how war turns revered figures into causes of collective grief. It implicitly cautions that possessiveness and longing persist amid dharmic ideals, revealing the ethical cost of conflict.
A great warrior described as the son of Agni is seen lying in a dense mass of arrows. Women who desire sons, overwhelmed by emotion, cry out together claiming him—“He is mine”—as they lament around the fallen or afflicted hero.