Shloka 100

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

Devanagari script

महादंष्टा: हस्वदंष्टा श्षतुर्दष्टास्तथा परे । वारणेन्द्रनिभाश्चान्ये भीमा राजन्‌ सहस्रश:

Transliteration

mahādaṃṣṭrāḥ hrasvadaṃṣṭrāś caturdaṃṣṭrās tathā pare | vāraṇendranibhāś cānye bhīmā rājan sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—کچھ کے دانت (دَمشٹرا) بہت بڑے تھے، کچھ کے چھوٹے، اور کچھ کے چار دانت تھے۔ اے راجن! ہزاروں دوسرے خدام بھی گجراج کی مانند عظیم الجثہ اور ہولناک تھے۔

Word by Word

• महादंष्टाः: having great tusks
• महादंष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महादंष्टा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ह्रस्वदंष्टाः: having short tusks
• ह्रस्वदंष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ह्रस्वदंष्टा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चतुर्दंष्टाः: having four tusks
• चतुर्दंष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दंष्टा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• परे: others
• परे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वारणेन्द्रनिभाः: resembling the lord of elephants
• वारणेन्द्रनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारणेन्द्रनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीमाः: terrible, formidable
• भीमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• rājan (King Janamejaya, implied addressee)
• pārṣadāḥ (attendants/retainers, implied)
• vāraṇendra (lord of elephants, as a simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses hyperbolic, fearsome imagery to convey the enormity of the forces present, implicitly reminding the listener that war magnifies terror and dehumanization; such descriptions heighten ethical reflection on the cost of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes thousands of terrifying attendants—some with huge tusks, some with short tusks, and some with four tusks—comparing their massive, dreadful forms to great elephants.