Mahabharata 9.45.14 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 45, Shloka 14

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

राका च धिषणा चैव पत्न्यश्चान्या दिवौकसाम्‌ | हिमवांश्वैव विन्ध्यश्न मेरुश्नानेकशुड्रवान्‌

Transliteration

rākā ca dhiṣaṇā caiva patnyaś cānyā divaukasām | himavāṁś caiva vindhyaś ca meruś cānekśikharavān ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Рака и Дхишана, вместе со многими другими супругами богов, также прибыли туда; равно как и Химаван, хребет Виндхья и гора Меру, украшенная множеством вершин. Так божественные существа и космические начала — боги, их силы и даже горы — собрались в торжественном присутствии, подчёркивая, что сам порядок мира сходится вокруг мгновения великой важности.

Word by Word

• राका: Rākā (a lunar goddess)
• राका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धिषणा: Dhiṣaṇā (goddess of intelligence)
• धिषणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धिषणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• पत्न्यः: wives
• पत्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• दिवौकसाम्: of the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हिमवान्: Himavān (the Himalaya mountain)
• हिमवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• विन्ध्यः: Vindhya (mountain range)
• विन्ध्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मेरुः: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अनेकशिखरवान्: having many peaks
• अनेकशिखरवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक-शिखर-वत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुद्रैः: by/with the Rudras
• रुद्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वसुभिः: by/with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आदित्यैः: by/with the Ādityas
• आदित्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्विभ्याम्: by/with the two Aśvins
• अश्विभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

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

• वृतः: surrounded/encircled
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वरणे)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rākā
• Dhiṣaṇā
• divaukas (the gods)
• wives/consorts of the gods
• Himavān (Himālaya)
• Vindhya
• Meru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that major turning points in dharma and destiny are not merely human affairs: the divine powers and even the personified mountains are portrayed as converging, suggesting that ethical crises and resolutions reverberate through the whole cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a catalogue of those who assembled: goddesses/consorts such as Rākā and Dhiṣaṇā, and the great mountains Himavān, Vindhya, and Meru. The scene is one of a vast, ceremonial gathering where celestial and cosmic beings stand in attendance.