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Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 1

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

Devanagari script

ऑपन--माज बछ। अं ऋाज - ब्राह्मी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato 'bhiṣeka-sambhārān sarvān sambhṛtya śāstrataḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ samiddhe 'gnau juhāvāgnim yathā-vidhi ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—پھر شاستری احکام کے مطابق ابھیشیک کے تمام لوازمات جمع کرکے برہسپتی نے خوب بھڑکتی ہوئی مقدّس آگ میں عین رسم کے مطابق ہَوَن کی آہوتیاں دیں۔ اس منظر سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ الوہیت یا بہادری کی رفعت بھی دھرم اور درست رسم و ضابطے سے ہی معتبر ٹھہرتی ہے، محض جوش سے نہیں۔

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

अभिषेक-सम्भारान्materials for consecration

सर्वान्all

सम्भृत्यhaving collected

शास्त्रतःaccording to the scriptures

बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati

समिद्धेin (the) kindled

अग्नौin the fire

जुहावoffered (as oblation), performed homa

अग्निम्fire (Agni)

यथा-विधिaccording to rule, duly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bṛhaspati

Agni (sacrificial fire)

Abhiṣeka (consecration rite)

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?

Authority and elevation (such as consecration) are validated through dharma—acting in accordance with śāstra and proper procedure. The verse highlights disciplined adherence to prescribed rites as an ethical foundation for power and status.

What is happening in the narrative?

After assembling all the materials required for a consecration ceremony, Bṛhaspati kindles the sacrificial fire and performs the ritual oblations exactly according to rule, initiating the formal rite.