Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

कृतो ऽस्य चूडाकरणश्च देवा विप्रण मित्रावरुणात्मजेन नवाब्दिकस्य व्रतबन्धनं च वेदे च शास्त्रे विधिपारगो ऽबूत्

Transliteration

kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt

Translation

Oh dioses, su cūḍākaraṇa (tonsura) fue realizada por un brāhmaṇa, hijo de Mitra y Varuṇa. A los nueve años se efectuó también su upanayana / vrata-bandhana (iniciación al voto); y llegó a ser un conocedor consumado del debido procedimiento en el Veda y en los śāstras.

Word by Word

• kṛtaḥ: was performed
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘done/performed’ (predicate)

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; ‘of him’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle (समुच्चय-निपात)

• cūḍā-karaṇaḥ: the cūḍākaraṇa rite
• cūḍā-karaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cūḍā (प्रातिपदिक) + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘tonsure/ceremony of hair-cutting’ (cūḍākaraṇa-saṃskāra)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• vipreṇa: by a brāhmaṇa
• vipreṇa: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; agent/instrument ‘by a brāhmaṇa’

• mitrāvaruṇa-ātmajena: by the son of Mitra and Varuṇa
• mitrāvaruṇa-ātmajena: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक) + varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘by the son of Mitra and Varuṇa’ (i.e., Vasiṣṭha)

• nava-ābdikasya: of the nine-year-old
• nava-ābdikasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + ābdika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘nine-year-old’; genitive dependent on ‘vratabandhanam’

• vrata-bandhanam: the vow-investiture (upanayana)
• vrata-bandhanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘binding to vows’ = upanayana/vratabandha rite

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle

• vede: in the Veda
• vede: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; domain/field ‘in the Veda’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction particle

• śāstre: in the treatises
• śāstre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī, Ekavacana; domain ‘in śāstra’

• vidhi-pāragaḥ: fully versed in ritual rules
• vidhi-pāragaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘one who has gone to the far shore of rules’ = expert in rites; predicate adjective

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्) imperfect/past, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; ‘became/was’

Speakers

• Devadeva (speaker; broader frame not explicit here)

Primary Deities

• Mitra
• Varuṇa

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Saṁskāra (cūḍākaraṇa, upanayana)
• Vedic study
• Brahmacarya discipline
• Royal dharma supported by brāhmaṇic guidance

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even for kings, legitimacy and excellence are grounded in discipline and learning: initiation, vows, and study integrate political power with dharma and restraint.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

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.

What is the symbolic significance?

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.