Shloka 2
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
कृतो ऽस्य चूडाकरणश्च देवा विप्रण मित्रावरुणात्मजेन नवाब्दिकस्य व्रतबन्धनं च वेदे च शास्त्रे विधिपारगो ऽबूत्
kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt
হে দেৱগণ, তেওঁৰ চূড়াকৰণ মিত্ৰ-বৰুণৰ পুত্ৰ এজন ব্ৰাহ্মণে সম্পন্ন কৰিলে। ন’বছৰ বয়সত তেওঁৰ ব্ৰতবন্ধন (উপনয়ন)ও হ’ল; আৰু তেওঁ বেদ আৰু শাস্ত্ৰত বিধিৰ পাৰগামী হ’ল।
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FAQs
Even for kings, legitimacy and excellence are grounded in discipline and learning: initiation, vows, and study integrate political power with dharma and restraint.
Vaṁśānucarita: the text highlights how dynastic continuity is maintained not only by birth but by sanctioned rites and education, a typical purāṇic concern in lineage narratives.
The involvement of a revered brāhmaṇa (identified by epithet as Mitra–Varuṇa’s son) symbolizes the harmonizing of kṣatriya vigor with brāhmaṇic wisdom—social order (varṇa-dharma) as a sacral technology.