Shloka 32

Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच बाढमित्येव तं व्याध: कृताञज्जलिरुवाच ह । प्रदक्षिणमथो कृत्वा प्रस्थितो द्विजसत्तम:,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! कौशिक ब्राह्मणकी बात सुनकर धर्मव्याधने हाथ जोड़कर कहा--“बहुत अच्छा! अब आप अपने घरको पधारें।” तदनन्तर विप्रवर कौशिक धर्मव्याधकी परिक्रमा करके वहाँसे चल दिया

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca— bāḍham ity eva taṃ vyādhaḥ kṛtāñjalir uvāca ha | pradakṣiṇam atho kṛtvā prasthito dvijasattamaḥ ||

Translation

Sabi ni Mārkaṇḍeya: Ang mangangaso, na nakapagdaupang-palad sa paggalang, ay sumagot, “Gayon nga—tunay.” Pagkaraan, ang pinakadakila sa mga brahmana, matapos siyang ikutin bilang paggalang, ay umalis mula roon at naglakbay.

Word by Word

• {'bāḍham': 'certainly

• very well', 'iti eva': 'thus indeed

• just so', 'vyādhaḥ': 'hunter (here: the dharma-vyādha, a righteous hunter)', 'kṛtāñjaliḥ': 'with joined palms

• in a gesture of respectful salutation', 'uvāca ha': 'said (emphatic narrative particle)', 'pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā': 'having circumambulated (clockwise) as a mark of reverence', 'prasthitaḥ': 'departed

• set out', 'dvija-sattamaḥ': 'best among the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)'}

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Dharma-vyādha (the righteous hunter)
• Kauśika (brāhmaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is validated by inner discipline, humility, and right action; even one socially labeled “low” (a hunter) may embody higher righteousness, worthy of reverence from a brāhmaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing Kauśika’s words, the dharma-vyādha respectfully agrees with folded hands; Kauśika then honors him by circumambulation and departs.