Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 31

Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

सहस्रधा ततश्छिद्य दत्तो युष्माकमेव हि ततः सव्यो भुजो राज्ञा दत्तश् छिन्नो ऽप्यसौ मया

Transliteration

sahasradhā tataśchidya datto yuṣmākameva hi tataḥ savyo bhujo rājñā dattaś chinno 'pyasau mayā

Translation

Dann, nachdem ich ihn in tausend Stücke zerschnitten hatte, wurde er euch wahrlich gegeben. Danach gab der König auch seinen linken Arm — obgleich auch dieser von mir abgetrennt wurde.

Word by Word

• sahasradhā: a thousandfold
• sahasradhā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasradhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, adverb (प्रकारवाचक) ‘into a thousand parts/ thousandfold’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, temporal adverb

• chidya: having cut
• chidya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रयोग (gerund) from छिद्: ‘having cut’ (standard: छित्वा/छिद्य)

• dattaḥ: was given
• dattaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘given’

• yuṣmākam: to you/your (plural)
• yuṣmākam: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common gender, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, restrictive particle (अवधारण)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, emphatic/causal particle

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, temporal adverb

• savyaḥ: left
• savyaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of bhujaḥ

• bhujaḥ: arm
• bhujaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rājñā: by the king
• rājñā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• dattaḥ: was given
• dattaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘given’

• chinnaḥ: cut off
• chinnaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘cut off’

• api: even/although
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, concessive particle (अपि)

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common gender, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the frame-story (likely Pulastya recounting to Nārada; exact speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu

Key Themes

• Vaishnavism
• Dana-dharma
• Surrender (śaraṇāgati)
• Austerity through loss
• Ethics of giving

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The king’s giving continues even when the very instrument of giving (the limb) is taken away; this intensifies the teaching that dharma is not transactional. The steadfast donor does not retreat when merit becomes painful.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Again, Vamśānucarita / exemplary-episode material: a moralized royal narrative illustrating the power of dāna and śaraṇāgati, not a sarga/pratisarga cosmological passage.

What is the symbolic significance?

Cutting ‘into a thousand parts’ hyperbolizes the dissolution of possessiveness. The left arm’s offering suggests that surrender is total—beyond a single gesture—until nothing remains to claim as ‘mine.’