Shloka 29

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठा सुप्रतिष्ठा च रोचमाना सुरोचना । नौकर्णी मुखकर्णी च विशिरा मन्थिनी तथा

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhā supratiṣṭhā ca rocamānā surocanā | naukarṇī mukhakarṇī ca viśirā manthinī tathā

Translation

വൈശംപായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—(സ്ത്രീകൾ) പ്രതിഷ്ഠാ, സുപ്രതിഷ്ഠാ; രോചമാനാ, സുരോചനാ; നൗകർണീ, മുഖകർണീ; കൂടാതെ വിശിരാ, മന്തിനീ. യുദ്ധവൃത്താന്തത്തിനിടയിൽ ഈ നാമസ്മരണം നിൽക്കുന്നത് സ്മൃതിയും വംശപരമ്പരയും സംരക്ഷിക്കാനാണ്—ഹിംസയിൽ വ്യക്തികളെ മറവിയിലാക്കാതിരിക്കുന്ന ധാർമ്മിക അംഗീകാരം പോലെ.

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठा: Pratiṣṭhā (a woman/name: 'firmly established')
• प्रतिष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुप्रतिष्ठा: Supratiṣṭhā (name: 'well-established')
• सुप्रतिष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रोचमाना: shining, radiant
• रोचमाना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुरोचना: Surocanā (name: 'fair-eyed')
• सुरोचना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरोचना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नौकर्णी: Naukarṇī (name: 'boat-eared'/having ears like a boat)
• नौकर्णी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौकर्णी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मुखकर्णी: Mukhakarṇī (name: 'face-eared'/having ears on the face)
• मुखकर्णी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुखकर्णी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विशिरा: Viśirā (name)
• विशिरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिरा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्थिनी: Manthinī (name)
• मन्थिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pratiṣṭhā
• Supratiṣṭhā
• Rocamānā
• Surocanā
• Naukarṇī
• Mukhakarṇī
• Viśirā
• Manthinī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse exemplifies the epic’s ethical habit of remembrance: even amid war, individuals—especially women often otherwise marginal in battle narratives—are named and thus preserved in cultural memory and lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is reciting a catalogue of names (a list within the narration). This verse continues that enumeration by listing several women by name.