Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

यज्ञवाहः सुवाहश्च देवयाजी च सोमप: । मज्जानश्न महातेजा: क्रथक्राथौ च भारत

Transliteration

yajñavāhaḥ suvāhaś ca devayājī ca somapaḥ | majjānaśn mahātejāḥ krathakrāthau ca bhārata ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— ఓ భారతా! అక్కడ యజ్ఞవాహుడు, సువాహుడు, దేవయాజీ, సోమపుడు—మహాతేజస్సుగల యోధులు—మరియు మజ్జానుడు, అలాగే క్రథ-క్రాథ అనే ఆ ఇద్దరు సోదరులును ఉన్నారు.

Word by Word

यज्ञवाहःthe bearer of sacrifices (Agni)

सुवाहःthe good carrier/bearer

चand

देवयाजीone who sacrifices to the gods

चand

सोमपःSoma-drinker

मज्जानश्नmarrow-eater

महातेजाःof great splendor/energy

क्रथक्राथौKratha and Krātha (two beings)

चand

भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (Janamejaya)

Yajñavāha

Suvāha

Devayājī

Somapa

Majjānaśn

Kratha

Krātha

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 primarily serves a narrative function: it records names of notable warriors, underscoring the epic theme that great power and fame are still subject to the larger moral and historical currents of the war. It implicitly reminds the listener that individual prowess is woven into a collective destiny shaped by dharma and adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a catalogue-style description, listing additional mighty figures present/participating in the events of the Śalya Parva context, naming Yajñavāha, Suvāha, Devayājī, Somapa, Majjānaśn, and the pair Kratha and Krātha.