Shloka 87

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच ततः पृथिव्या निर्दिषप्टांस्तानू समानीय कश्यप: । अभ्यषिज्चन्महीपालान _ क्षत्रियान्‌ वीर्यसम्मतान्‌,श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं--राजन्‌! तदनन्तर पृथ्वीके बताये हुए उन सब पराक्रमी क्षत्रिय भूपालोंको बुलाकर कश्यपजीने उनका भिन्न-भिन्न राज्योंपर अभिषेक कर दिया

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca tataḥ pṛthivyā nirdiṣṭān tān samānīya kaśyapaḥ | abhyasiñcan mahīpālān kṣatriyān vīryasammatān ||

Translation

वायुदेव म्हणाले— “त्यानंतर पृथ्वीने दाखवून दिलेल्या त्या सर्व पराक्रमी क्षत्रिय भूपालांना बोलावून कश्यप मुनींनी प्रत्येकाचा त्यांच्या त्यांच्या राज्यावर अभिषेक केला.”

Word by Word

वायुदेवःVāyu-deva (the Wind-god)

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

पृथिव्याःfrom the Earth (goddess/earth)

निर्दिष्टान्pointed out/indicated

तान्those

समानीयhaving brought/assembled

कश्यपःKaśyapa

अभ्यषिञ्चत्anointed/coronated

महीपालान्kings (protectors of the earth)

क्षत्रियान्kṣatriyas

वीर्यसम्मतान्approved/esteemed for valor

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Vāyu)

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Kaśyapa

Kṣatriya kings (mahīpālas)

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?

Political authority is to be grounded in dharma and legitimate sanction: kingship is restored through proper consecration of worthy Kṣatriyas, emphasizing protection of the earth and orderly governance over arbitrary power.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Earth identifies certain valiant Kṣatriya rulers, the sage Kaśyapa summons them and performs their abhiṣeka, installing them as kings over different territories to re-establish stable rule.