Shloka 36
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
Devanagari script
एवं स कृत्वा समयं दृष्टवा नीहारमी श्वर:
Transliteration
evaṁ sa kṛtvā samayaṁ dṛṣṭvā nīhāram īśvaraḥ
Translation
ครั้นทรงทำข้อตกลงนั้นแล้ว และทอดพระเนตรม่านหมอกที่ก่อตัวขึ้น พระผู้เป็นเจ้าก็ทรงกระทำให้สอดคล้องแก่กาละนั้น
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कृत्वाhaving done/made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)
समयम्agreement; appointed time; pledge
समयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen/considered
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)
नीहारम्mist; fog
नीहारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनीहार
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
ईश्वरःthe lord; the ruler
ईश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)ई
ईश्वर (Īśvara)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
The verse highlights fidelity to a samaya (pledge/compact) while remaining attentive to shifting circumstances; ethical action in war is framed as honoring commitments without ignoring present realities.
The narrator states that a leading figure, after carrying out an agreed condition and noticing a mist or obscuring haze, proceeds accordingly—signaling a tactical or consequential turn shaped by both prior vows and immediate battlefield conditions.