Mahabharata 9.46.98 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 46, Shloka 98

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

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

Devanagari script

दिव्य फूलोंकी सुगन्ध लेकर पवित्र वायु चलने लगी। गन्धर्व और यज्ञपरायण महर्षि उनकी स्तुति करने लगे ।। केचिदेनं व्यवस्यन्ति पितामहसुतं प्रभुम्‌ सनत्कुमारं सर्वेषां ब्रह्म॒योनिं तमग्रजम्‌

Transliteration

divya-puṣpāṇāṁ sugandhaṁ gṛhītvā pavitraḥ vāyuḥ pravavau | gandharvāś ca yajña-parāyaṇā maharṣayaś ca tasya stutiṁ cakruḥ || kecid enaṁ vyavasyanti pitāmaha-sutaṁ prabhum | sanatkumāraṁ sarveṣāṁ brahma-yoniṁ tam agrajam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: Uma brisa pura começou a soprar, trazendo a fragrância de flores celestiais. Os Gandharvas e os grandes rishis, devotados aos ritos do yajña, passaram a entoar seus louvores. Alguns o identificaram como o Senhor Sanatkumāra—nascido do Pitāmaha (Brahmā), fonte primordial do saber sagrado para todos, o mais velho entre os primeiros seres.

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क-चिद् (प्रातिपदिक: किम् + चित्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रत्ययान्त रूप)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• व्यवस्यन्ति: determine/decide (him to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + √सो (सो/सव्) → व्यवस्य (धातु-प्रयोग: व्यवस्यति)
• Form: present, third, plural, parasmaipada

• पितामह: of the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रभुम्: lord/master
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सनत्: ever/always (anciently)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनत् (अव्यय/उपपद)

• कुमारम्: Kumāra; the youthful sage
• कुमारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• ब्रह्मयोनिम्: having Brahman as source/origin; born of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मयोनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मयोनि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तम्: that one; him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अग्रजम्: the elder; first-born
• अग्रजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अग्रज
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gandharvas
• Maharṣis
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Sanatkumāra
• Divine flowers
• Pure wind

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how true spiritual authority is recognized through signs of purity and collective reverence: when the atmosphere becomes sanctified and the wise praise, it indicates the presence of a higher dharmic principle beyond battlefield power.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine, fragrant wind arises and celestial beings (Gandharvas) along with ritual-focused seers begin praising a revered figure. Observers identify him as Sanatkumāra, the primordial sage born of Brahmā, signaling a moment of divine manifestation or recognition within the Shalya Parva episode.