Shloka 32

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

यत्र देवा: समागम्य वासुकिं पन्नगोत्तमम्‌ | सर्वपन्नगराजानमभ्यषिज्चन्‌ यथाविधि,वहीं देवताओंने आकर सर्पोमें श्रेष्ठ वासुकिको समस्त सर्पोके राजाके पदपर विधिपूर्वक अभिषिक्त किया था

Transliteration

yatra devāḥ samāgamya vāsukiṃ pannagottamam | sarvapannagarājānam abhyaṣiñcan yathāvidhi ||

Translation

اسی مقام پر دیوتاؤں نے جمع ہو کر مقررہ رسم کے مطابق ناگوں میں افضل واسُکی کا ابھیشیک کیا اور اسے تمام ناگ راجاؤں کا فرماں روا مقرر کیا۔

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागम्य: having assembled/come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• वासुकिम्: Vasuki
• वासुकिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुकि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पन्नगोत्तमम्: best of serpents
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पन्नगोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वपन्नगराजानम्: king of all serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपन्नगराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यषिञ्चन्: anointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: rule/rite
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Vāsuki

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority and leadership are portrayed as dharmically valid when conferred through proper procedure (yathāvidhi) and communal/divine recognition, emphasizing legitimacy grounded in order and rite rather than coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana recounts a traditional episode: the gods gather and perform a formal consecration (abhiṣeka) to install Vāsuki as the supreme ruler among the serpent chiefs.