Shloka 9
कर्णप्रवेशः—रङ्गे द्वन्द्वयुद्धप्रस्तावः तथा अङ्गराज्याभिषेकः
Karna’s Entry, Duel Proposal, and Consecration as King of Aṅga
सा त्वदीर्घेण कालेन सम्प्राप्ता कुरुजाड्लम् । वर्धमानपुरद्वारमाससाद यशस्विनी,यशस्विनी कुन्ती थोड़े ही समयमें कुरुजांगल देशमें जा पहुँची और नगरके वर्धमान नामक द्वारपर गयी
sā tu dīrgheṇa kālena samprāptā kurujāṅgalam | vardhamānapuradvāram āsasāda yaśasvinī ||
After a long time, the illustrious Kuntī arrived in the land of Kuru-jāṅgala and came to the city-gate known as Vardhamāna.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how pivotal life-turns unfold through time and movement: an 'illustrious' person’s arrival at a threshold (the city gate) signals entry into a new sphere of duty and consequence, where personal fate becomes entwined with the larger Kuru narrative.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kuntī, after a long interval, reaches the Kuru-jāṅgala region and comes to the city’s gate called Vardhamāna, indicating her arrival at the Kuru settlement and the next development in her story.