Shloka 32

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

हिरण्यमूर्तिर्भगवानेष एव च पावकि: । सदा कुमारो देवानां सैनापत्यमवाप्तवान्‌

Transliteration

hiraṇyamūrtir bhagavān eṣa eva ca pāvakiḥ | sadā kumāro devānāṁ saināpatyam avāptavān |

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Tuan inilah yang berwujud keemasan dan juga Api yang menyucikan. Sentiasa kekal sebagai Kumāra—muda dan suci—baginda telah memperoleh serta memegang jawatan panglima para dewa.”

Word by Word

• हिरण्यमूर्तिः: one whose form is golden
• हिरण्यमूर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यमूर्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• पावकिः: Agni/Fire (Pāvaki)
• पावकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• कुमारः: the youth/bachelor (Kumāra)
• कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सैनापत्यम्: the office of commander-in-chief
• सैनापत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनापत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्तवान्: having obtained/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्तवतुँ (past active participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Skanda/Kumāra (implied by kumāra and saināpatya of the gods)
• Agni/Fire (Pāvaki)
• Devas (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links rightful authority with inner purity and disciplined restraint: Skanda’s ‘purifying fire’ nature and perpetual youthful celibacy are presented as the qualities that ground his fitness to lead the gods’ forces, implying that ethical self-mastery supports legitimate power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is describing and praising the deity Skanda (Kumāra), identifying him as radiant (golden-formed) and inherently purifying like fire, and stating that he has obtained the post of commander-in-chief of the gods.