Shloka 1

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

Devanagari script

देवदेव उवाच तस्यां तपत्यां नरसत्तमेन जातः सुतः पार्थिवलक्षणस्तु स जातकर्मादिभिरेव संस्कृतो विवर्द्धताज्येन हुतो यथाग्निः

Transliteration

devadeva uvāca tasyāṃ tapatyāṃ narasattamena jātaḥ sutaḥ pārthivalakṣaṇastu sa jātakarmādibhireva saṃskṛto vivarddhatājyena huto yathāgniḥ

Translation

ເທວະເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນນາງຕະປະຕີນັ້ນ ໂດຍບຸລຸດຜູ້ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດ ໄດ້ເກີດບຸດຜູ້ມີໝາຍລັກຂອງພະຣາຊາ. ເຂົາໄດ້ຮັບການສັງສະການຕາມພິທີເກີດ ເລີ່ມດ້ວຍ jāta-karma ແລະອື່ນໆ; ແລະເຂົາເຕີບໃຫຍ່ ເຫມືອນໄຟທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບນ້ໍາມັນເກີ (ghee) ເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນ.

Word by Word

• devadevaḥ: the God of gods
• devadevaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘god of gods’ (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्) perfect, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; ‘said’

• tasyām: in her
• tasyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; refers to Tapatī; location/context ‘in her’

• tapatyām: in Tapatī
• tapatyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; apposition to ‘tasyām’

• nara-sattamena: by the best of men
• nara-sattamena: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘best of men’; agent/instrument in passive sense

• jātaḥ: born
• jātaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘born’

• sutaḥ: a son
• sutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; subject (child)

• pārthiva-lakṣaṇaḥ: with royal characteristics
• pārthiva-lakṣaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘having royal marks’; viśeṣaṇa of ‘sutaḥ’

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha-nipāta (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: particle (निपात) contrast/emphasis

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun referring to the son

• jāta-karma-ādibhiḥ: by rites such as the birth-ceremony
• jāta-karma-ādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāta (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘by rites beginning with birth-ceremony’; karaṇa

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha-nipāta (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: emphatic particle (निपात)

• saṃskṛtaḥ: consecrated/refined
• saṃskṛtaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃskṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘purified/formed (by saṃskāras)’

• vivarddhata: increasing
• vivarddhata: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛdh (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; present participle used adjectivally ‘growing/increasing’

• ājyena: with ghee
• ājyena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; instrument ‘with ghee’

• hutaḥ: offered/fed (with oblations)
• hutaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hu (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle ‘offered (into fire)’; in simile with agni

• yathā: as
• yathā: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: comparative particle (उपमा-अव्यय) ‘as/like’

• agniḥ: fire
• agniḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; upamāna (standard of comparison)

Speakers

• Devadeva (speaker; broader frame likely Pulastya–Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa
• but not explicit in given excerpt)

Key Themes

• Vamshanucharita
• Saṁskāra (life-cycle rites)
• Dharma of kingship
• Education and refinement

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A ruler is not merely born but ‘made’ through dharmic cultivation: saṁskāras and disciplined upbringing are presented as the proper means to refine innate potential into kingly excellence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This belongs to Vaṁśānucarita (accounts of dynasties and royal progeny), rather than sarga/pratisarga; it is a lineage-focused narrative segment.

What is the symbolic significance?

The simile of fire nourished by ghee suggests that virtues and capacities intensify when sustained by correct rites, guidance, and dharma—growth is purposeful and sacramental, not accidental.