Shloka 3

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

ततस्तं वरदं शूरं युवानं मृष्टकुण्डलम्‌ | अभजत्‌ पद्मरूपा श्री: स्वयमेव शरीरिणी,तदनन्तर वर देनेमें समर्थ, शौर्यसम्पन्न, युवा अवस्थासे सुशोभित तथा सुन्दर कुण्डलोंसे अलंकृत कुमार कार्तिकेयका कमलके समान कान्तिवाली मूर्तिमती शोभाने स्वयं ही सेवन किया

Transliteration

tatastaṃ varadaṃ śūraṃ yuvānaṃ mṛṣṭakuṇḍalam | abhajat padmarūpā śrīḥ svayameva śarīriṇī ||

Translation

Rồi Śrī—vinh quang hữu hình, dáng tựa hoa sen—tự nguyện gắn bó với vị anh hùng trẻ tuổi ấy, đấng ban ân phúc, người dũng mãnh, được điểm trang bằng đôi khuyên tai bóng đẹp.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वरदम्: boon-giving
• वरदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शूरम्: heroic, valiant
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युवानम्: young
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृष्टकुण्डलम्: adorned with polished/beautiful earrings
• मृष्टकुण्डलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृष्टकुण्डल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभजत्: served, resorted to, attended
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पद्मरूपा: lotus-formed, lotus-like
• पद्मरूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मरूपा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीः: Śrī (splendour/fortune; goddess Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: by herself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शरीरिणी: embodied, having a form
• शरीरिणी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरिणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Śrī (personified fortune/splendour)
• Kumāra Kārttikeya (implied by the prose gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity and auspicious fortune (Śrī) are portrayed as choosing the worthy: when heroism, capability, and excellence are present, divine splendour naturally aligns with such a person, suggesting an ethical link between merit and rightful success.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes how personified Śrī, lotus-like and embodied, voluntarily comes to and abides with a youthful, valiant boon-giver—understood in context as Kumāra Kārttikeya—highlighting his radiance and divine favour.