Mahabharata 9.44.45 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 44, Shloka 45
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
राजन! नृपश्रेष्ठ! विधिपूर्वक प्रणाम करके वे सब कार्तिकेयका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे यह वचन बोले-- ।।
rājan nṛpaśreṣṭha vidhipūrvakaṃ praṇāmaṃ kṛtvā te sarve kārtikeyasya priyaṃ kartum icchayā idaṃ vacanam abruvan— asya bālasya bhagavan ādhipatyaṃ yathepsitam | asmatpriyārtha deveśa sadṛśaṃ dātum arhasi | deveśvara bhagavan asmākaṃ priyaṃ kartum asmai bālakāya yathāyogyaṃ manasa icchānurūpaṃ kim api ādhipatyaṃ pradātum arhasi |
“اے دیویشور، اے بھگوان! ہماری خوشنودی کے لیے اس بچے کو اس کی خواہش کے مطابق، اس کے شایانِ شان اقتدار عطا فرمائیے۔”
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The verse highlights a dharmic pattern: requests to the divine are framed with humility (proper obeisance) and with an emphasis on what is fitting (sadṛśa, yathāyogya), suggesting that power or sovereignty should be granted in a manner appropriate to the recipient’s capacity and rightful desire.
After formally bowing, a group addresses Kārtikeya and petitions him to grant a child some form of dominion or authority, asking that it match the child’s wish and be suitable—presenting the request as both to please the deity and to fulfill their own affectionate intention toward the child.
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