Shloka 10

Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)

Devanagari script

कृत्वा पूजां तु रुद्रस्य गणानां चैव सर्वश:

Transliteration

kṛtvā pūjāṃ tu rudrasya gaṇānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Setelah melaksanakan pemujaan kepada Rudra dengan sewajarnya, dia juga menzahirkan penghormatan kepada seluruh gaṇa—rombongan pengiring Rudra—dalam segala cara, kerana memuliakan para pengiring ilahi merupakan sebahagian daripada bakti yang benar dan tata laku ritual yang tepat.

Word by Word

कृत्वाhaving done

पूजाम्worship, reverence

तुbut/indeed

रुद्रस्यof Rudra

गणानाम्of the hosts (attendants)

चand

एवindeed/just

सर्वशःin every way; wholly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rudra (Śiva)

Gaṇas (attendant hosts of Rudra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True worship is not limited to the principal deity alone; it includes respectful acknowledgement of the deity’s attendants and sacred retinue, reflecting completeness in devotion and propriety in ritual (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that worship was performed for Rudra, and additionally honour was offered to all of Rudra’s gaṇas—indicating a thorough, ritually complete act of reverence.