Shloka 72

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

Devanagari script

वत्सलो मधुवर्णश्ष कलशोदर एव च | धर्मदो मन्मथकर: सूचीवक्त्रश्न वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

vatsalo madhuvarṇaś ca kalaśodara eva ca | dharmado manmathakaraḥ sūcīvaktro ’tha vīryavān ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Он был ласков и привязчив; цветом — как мёд; с выпуклым животом; дарующий дхарму (утверждающий и раздающий праведный порядок); возбуждающий желание; с лицом острым, как игла; и, воистину, обладал великой силой».

Word by Word

• वत्सलः: affectionate, loving
• वत्सलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्सल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मधुवर्णः: honey-colored, tawny
• मधुवर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कलशोदरः: pot-bellied (having a belly like a pot)
• कलशोदरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलशोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• धर्मदः: giver of dharma/righteousness
• धर्मदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्मथकरः: causing desire/love (love-producing)
• मन्मथकरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्मथकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूचीवक्त्रः: needle-faced (having a face like a needle; sharp-pointed snout)
• सूचीवक्त्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूचीवक्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: vigorous, powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana