Shloka 32

कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue

Devanagari script

देवर्षयश्न सिद्धाश्न बृहस्पतिपुरोगमा: । पितरो जगत: श्रेष्ठा देवानामपि देवता:

Transliteration

devarṣayaś ca siddhāś ca bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ | pitaraḥ jagataḥ śreṣṭhā devānām api devatāḥ ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവിടെ ബൃഹസ്പതി മുൻപന്തിയിൽ ദേവർഷികളും സിദ്ധന്മാരും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ലോകങ്ങളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠരായ പിതൃഗണങ്ങൾ, ദേവന്മാർക്കും ദേവതകളായി വന്ദ്യരായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

देवर्षयःdivine seers

चand

सिद्धाःSiddhas (perfected beings)

चand

बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाःhaving Bṛhaspati in front / led by Bṛhaspati

पितरःthe Pitṛs (manes/ancestors)

जगतःof the world

श्रेष्ठाःthe best, foremost

देवानाम्of the gods

अपिeven, also

देवताःdeities

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devarṣis (divine sages)

Siddhas

Bṛhaspati

Pitṛs (ancestral fathers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a dharmic hierarchy of reverence: even the gods honor higher principles embodied by sages and especially the Pitṛs, highlighting the ethical weight of honoring spiritual authority and ancestral lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes an exalted gathering/attendance: divine sages and Siddhas, with Bṛhaspati at their head, along with the Pitṛs—portrayed as supremely venerable—are present as witnesses or participants in the unfolding events.