Shloka 113

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

Devanagari script

उनका बल और वेग महान्‌ था। वे युद्धप्रेमी महा-पार्षदयगण कुमारका अभिषेक देखकर बड़े प्रसन्न हुए ।। घण्टाजालपिनद्धाज्ा ननृतुस्ते महौजस: । एते चान्ये च बहवो महापारिषदा नृप

Transliteration

ghaṇṭājāla-pinaddhājā nanṛtus te mahaujasaḥ | ete cānye ca bahavo mahāpāriṣadā nṛpa ||

Translation

เหล่านักรบผู้ทรงเดชนั้นมีธงประดับด้วยพวงกระดิ่งเป็นตาข่าย ต่างร่ายรำด้วยความยินดี โอ้พระราชา! พวกเขาและมหาปาริษัทอีกเป็นอันมาก เมื่อได้เห็นพิธีอภิเษกของเจ้าชาย—ผู้เลื่องชื่อด้วยกำลังและความรวดเร็ว—ก็ปลาบปลื้มยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

घण्टाजालपिनद्धाःwearing/covered with a net of bells

ननृतुःthey danced

तेthose / they

महौजसःof great vigor/energy

एतेthese

चand

अन्येothers

चand

बहवःmany

महापारिषदाःgreat councilors/attendants (of the court)

नृपO king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

nṛpa (the king addressed)

mahāpāriṣadāḥ (royal assembly/council members)

dhvaja (banners/standards)

ghaṇṭājāla (net of bells)

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 highlights how royal legitimacy and martial prowess are publicly affirmed: the courtly elite rejoice at a prince’s consecration, showing that political order in the epic is sustained not only by ritual (abhiṣeka) but also by the community’s recognition of strength and readiness for duty in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a celebratory scene: powerful warriors and eminent assembly members, with bell-adorned banners, dance and rejoice after witnessing the prince’s consecration, pleased by his famed strength and speed.