Shloka 52

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

श्रीजुष्ट: पठचमीं स्कन्दस्तस्माच्छीपज्चमी स्मृता । षष्ठ्यां कृतार्थो5भूद्‌ यस्मात्‌ तस्मात्‌ षष्ठी महातिथि:,पंचमी तिथिको स्कन्ददेव श्री अर्थात्‌ शोभासे सेवित हुए, इसलिये उस तिथिको श्रीपड्चमी कहते हैं और षष्ठीको कृतार्थ हुए थे, इसलिये षप्ठी महातिथि मानी गयी

Translation

“No quinto tithi (Pañcamī), Skanda foi agraciado por Śrī—o esplendor e a fortuna—; por isso esse dia é lembrado como ‘Śrīpañcamī’. E, porque no sexto tithi (Ṣaṣṭhī) ele alcançou seu intento, o sexto é tido como ‘Mahātithi’, o grande dia.”

Word by Word

श्रीजुष्टःhonoured/served by Śrī (prosperity)

पञ्चमीम्the fifth (tithi/day)

स्कन्दःSkanda

तस्मात्therefore/from that

श्रीपञ्चमीthe tithi called Śrīpañcamī

स्मृताis remembered/called

षष्ठ्याम्on the sixth (tithi)

कृतार्थःfulfilled/successful

अभूत्became/was

यस्मात्because/from which

तस्मात्therefore/from that

षष्ठीthe sixth (tithi)

महातिथिःa great tithi (auspicious day)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes