Shloka 13

Devanagari script

धनदा सुप्रसादा च भवदा च जलेश्वरी । एडी भेडी समेडी च वेतालजननी तथा

Transliteration

dhanadā suprasādā ca bhavadā ca jaleśvarī | eḍī bheḍī sameḍī ca vetālajananī tathā

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“（她们是）赐财者（Dhanadā）、善悦者（Suprasādā）、赐有者（Bhavadā）与水主女神（Jaleśvarī）；又有埃迪（Eḍī）、贝迪（Bheḍī）、萨梅迪（Sameḍī），以及毗陀罗之母（Vetālajananī）。”

Word by Word

धनदाDhanadā (giver of wealth; a goddess-name)

सुप्रसादाSuprasādā (very gracious/propitious; a goddess-name)

चand

भवदाBhavadā (a goddess-name)

चand

जलेश्वरीJaleśvarī (lady/queen of waters; a goddess-name)

एडीEḍī (a goddess/being-name)

भेडीBheḍī (a goddess/being-name)

समेडीSameḍī (a goddess/being-name)

चand

वेतालजननीVetālajanānī (mother of Vetālas; a goddess-name)

तथाlikewise/also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhanadā

Suprasādā

Bhavadā

Jaleśvarī

Eḍī

Bheḍī

Sameḍī

Vetālajananī

Vetāla (class of spirits)

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?

The verse contributes to the epic’s ethical atmosphere: as the Kurukṣetra slaughter reaches its height, the text signals that adharma and collective violence disturb the moral-cosmic order, reflected through the appearance/invocation of uncanny forces and ominous presences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana enumerates specific named female beings—often understood as supernatural powers/spirits—within a broader description of fearful portents and otherworldly activity associated with the battlefield and the war’s culminating phase.