Shloka 96

Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha

Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site

Devanagari script

मुमुचुर्देवयोषा श्च पुष्पवर्षमनुत्तमम्‌ । योगिनामीश्वरं देवे शतशशो5थ सहस्रश:

Transliteration

mumucur devayoṣāś ca puṣpavarṣam anuttamam | yoginām īśvaraṃ deve śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

เหล่านางฟ้าได้โปรยพรมเป็นสายฝนดอกไม้อันยอดเยี่ยม แล้วเหล่าเทพทั้งหลายเป็นร้อยเป็นพันก็ถวายความเคารพแด่เทพผู้เป็นจอมแห่งโยคี

Word by Word

मुमुचुःreleased, let fall

देवयोषाःdivine maidens (apsarases)

चand

पुष्पवर्षम्a shower of flowers

अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, excellent

योगिनाम्of yogins

ईश्वरम्the lord

देवेupon/at the god (i.e., on the deity)

शतशःby hundreds, in hundreds

अथthen, and then

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

devayoṣāḥ (apsarases/celestial maidens)

deva (the gods)

yoginām īśvara (Lord of yogins)

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 divine recognition of spiritual sovereignty: the one called “Lord of yogins” is honored not merely for power but for mastery and inner authority, suggesting that true supremacy is grounded in disciplined realization and worthy of reverent praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the story reaches a climactic point in the battlefield account, celestial maidens shower flowers, and the gods gather in vast numbers to honor the “Lord of yogins,” marking the event as cosmically significant and publicly affirmed by the divine realm.