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-- ।। अस्य बालस्य भगवन्नाधिपत्यं यथेप्सितम् । अस्मत्प्रियार्थ देवेश सदृशं दातुमहसि,'देवेश्वरर भगवन्! आप हमलोगोंका प्रिय करनेके लिये इस बालकको यथायोग्य मनकी इच्छाके अनुरूप कोई आधिपत्य प्रदान कीजिये”
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 |
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Muôn tâu Đại vương, bậc tối thượng trong hàng quân vương! Sau khi đảnh lễ đúng phép, tất thảy họ đã thưa những lời này, mong làm đẹp lòng Kārtikeya: ‘Bạch Đấng Tôn Quý, xin ban cho đứa trẻ này quyền thống trị đúng như điều nó ước muốn. Lạy Chúa tể chư thiên, vì chúng tôi—để làm vừa lòng chúng tôi—xin hoan hỷ ban cho cậu bé này một uy quyền xứng đáng, hợp với nguyện vọng trong lòng nó.’”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.