Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

ततो ऽस्य बुद्धिरुपन्ना कीर्तिर्लोके गरीयसी यावत्कीर्तिः सुसंस्था हि तावद्वासः सुरैः सह

Transliteration

tato 'sya buddhirupannā kīrtirloke garīyasī yāvatkīrtiḥ susaṃsthā hi tāvadvāsaḥ suraiḥ saha

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവന്റെ ബുദ്ധി ദൃഢമായി, ലോകത്തിൽ അവന്റെ കീർത്തി അത്യന്തം മഹത്തായി. കീർത്തി സുസ്ഥിരമായി നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും കാലം ദേവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം വസിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ ആകുന്നു।

Word by Word

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

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• buddhiḥ: intelligence/resolve
• buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• upannā: arisen/occurred
• upannā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-√pad (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally; Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with 'buddhiḥ'

• kīrtiḥ: fame
• kīrtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• garīyasī: greater/more excellent
• garīyasī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garīyas (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of guru)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; comparative degree (तुलनात्मक) qualifying 'kīrtiḥ'

• yāvat: as long as/so far as
• yāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (यावत्…तावत्), limit/extent marker

• kīrtiḥ: fame
• kīrtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• su-saṃsthā: well-established
• su-saṃsthā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; Karmadhāraya (suṣṭhu saṃsthā) qualifying 'kīrtiḥ'

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• tāvat: so long/that long
• tāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (यावत्…तावत्), extent marker

• vāsaḥ: dwelling/abode
• vāsaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• suraiḥ: with the gods
• suraiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/साकं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सह/साकं)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, postposition meaning 'with' (सह-योगे)

Speakers

• Primary narrative layer not stated in the given excerpt (often Pulastya → Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa
• but not confirmable from these verses alone)

Key Themes

• Dharma of kingship
• Kīrti (lasting fame) as a posthumous ‘heaven’
• Merit through right conduct

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse teaches that enduring fame arises from firm resolve aligned with dharma; such kīrti functions like a ‘living heaven’—a continued association with the divine in collective memory.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This aligns best with Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narration (ethical-historical account of a ruler’s conduct), rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga).

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Dwelling with the gods’ symbolizes that righteous reputation elevates a mortal’s status beyond death, making virtue socially and spiritually efficacious.