Shloka 15

कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue

Devanagari script

वर्धता चैव गर्भेण पृथिवी तेन रज्जिता । अतकश्न सर्वे संवृत्ता गिरय: काज्चनाकरा:,उस बढ़ते हुए शिशुने वहाँकी भूमिको रंजित (प्रकाशित) कर दिया था। इसलिये वहाँके सभी पर्वत सोनेकी खान बन गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vardhatā caiva garbheṇa pṛthivī tena rañjitā | ataḥ sarve saṃvṛttā girayaḥ kāñcanākarāḥ ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—वर्धता तेन गर्भेण सा पृथिवी रञ्जिता बभूव। तस्मात् तत्र सर्वे गिरयः काञ्चनाकरा इव संवृत्ताः।

Word by Word

वर्धताby the growing (one/thing)

चand

एवindeed/just

गर्भेणby the embryo/fetus

पृथिवीthe earth

तेनby him/thereby

रञ्जिताwas colored/brightened

अतःtherefore

कश्मलाःimpure/tainted (as written; context uncertain)

सर्वेall

संवृत्ताःbecame/turned into

गिरयःmountains

काञ्चनाकराःgold-mines (lit. gold-deposits)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

earth (pṛthivī)

womb/embryo (garbha)

mountains (girayaḥ)

gold/mines (kāñcana-ākara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a cosmic marvel—earth and mountains turning golden—to signal that births and major turns in history are accompanied by moral and cosmic indications; extraordinary power (or destiny) is portrayed as leaving visible marks on the world, inviting reflection on responsibility and the ethical consequences that follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a wondrous sign connected with a child growing in the womb: the land becomes radiant, and the mountains are said to become like gold-bearing mines, emphasizing the exceptional nature of the impending birth/event.