Shloka 112

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

Devanagari script

महाबला महावेगा महापारिषदास्तथा | अभिषेक कुमारस्य दृष्टवा हृष्टा रणप्रिया:

Transliteration

mahābalā mahāvegā mahāpāriṣadās tathā | abhiṣekaṃ kumārasya dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭā raṇapriyāḥ ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവർ മഹാബലവാന്മാരും മഹാവേഗശാലികളും മഹാപാരിഷദരുമായിരുന്നു; യുദ്ധപ്രിയരായ അവർ കുമാരന്റെ അഭിഷേകം കണ്ടു ഹർഷിച്ചു॥

Word by Word

महाबलाःvery strong (ones)

महावेगाःvery swift/impetuous (ones)

महापारिषदाःgreat councilors/attendants (of the assembly)

तथाand also/likewise

अभिषेकम्consecration/anointing

कुमारस्यof the prince

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

हृष्टाःdelighted/overjoyed

रणप्रियाःfond of battle

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

kumāra (the prince)

abhiṣeka (consecration/royal anointing)

pāriṣadāḥ (assembly/council members)

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 highlights the social power of royal consecration: public recognition of a prince’s status can unify elites and energize them toward action. Ethically, it hints at the double-edged nature of legitimacy—capable of stabilizing order, yet also capable of intensifying warlike impulses when the audience is raṇapriya (battle-inclined).

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of eminent, powerful, and swift warriors/council-members witness the prince’s abhiṣeka (consecration/installation). Seeing this ceremonial affirmation, they become delighted and उत्साहित, especially because they are inclined toward battle.