Shloka 24
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
तं कर्षन्तं नरवरं समभ्येत्य शतक्रतुः प्रोवाच राजन् किमिदं भवान् कर्तुमिहोद्यतः
taṃ karṣantaṃ naravaraṃ samabhyetya śatakratuḥ provāca rājan kimidaṃ bhavān kartumihodyataḥ
Als Śatakratu (Indra) den besten der Menschen beim Pflügen sah, trat er zu ihm und sprach: „O König, was ist dies, das du hier zu tun entschlossen bist?“
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FAQs
The verse frames dharma as something to be questioned and clarified even when a king is engaged in seemingly ordinary labor; righteous action invites scrutiny and explanation, emphasizing conscious, deliberate ethics rather than mere custom.
Primarily Vṛtti/Vaṃśānucarita-adjacent narrative material (conduct of notable persons) rather than cosmogenesis; it functions as didactic narrative embedded in the Purāṇic storytelling framework.
Indra’s approach symbolizes the testing or verification of dharma: even the lord of the Devas asks the king to state his intention, highlighting that royal virtue must be articulate, accountable, and exemplary.