Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

गते ऽपि शक्र राजर्षिरहन्यहनि सीरधृक् कृषते ऽन्यान् समन्ताच्च सप्तक्रोशान् महीपतिः

Transliteration

gate 'pi śakra rājarṣirahanyahani sīradhṛk kṛṣate 'nyān samantācca saptakrośān mahīpatiḥ

Translation

ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) പോയിട്ടും രാജർഷിയായ രാജാവ്, ഉഴവുപലക കൈവശം വച്ച്, ദിനംപ്രതി ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലും ഏഴ് ക്രോശം വരെ മറ്റു ഭൂഭാഗങ്ങളും ഉഴുതുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• gate: when (he) had gone
• gate: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘when (he) had gone’

• api: even/though
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (सम्भावना/अपि = ‘even/also’)

• śakra: O Śakra (Indra)
• śakra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular

• rājarṣiḥ: the royal sage
• rājarṣiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘royal sage’)

• ahani: in the day
• ahani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; used in repetition with next word

• ahani: day by day
• ahani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; reduplicated phrase ‘day by day’

• sīradhṛk: plough-bearer
• sīradhṛk: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhṛ (धृ धातु, कृत् ‘क्विप्’/धृक्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘plough-holder’)

• kṛṣate: ploughs/cultivates
• kṛṣate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛṣ (कृष् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person, Singular; ātmanepada

• anyān: other (areas)
• anyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural (बहुवचन); used substantively ‘other (lands/areas)’

• samantāt: all around
• samantāt: Desha (देश/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (परितः/समन्तात् = ‘on all sides’)

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

• saptakrośān: seven krośas (distance units)
• saptakrośān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + krośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; द्विगु (‘seven krośas’) measure of distance

• mahīpatiḥ: the king
• mahīpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘lord of the earth’)

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in the verse; likely within Pulastya–Nārada frame typical of Vāmana Purāṇa

Primary Deities

• Indra (Śakra)

Key Themes

• Rājadharma
• Sacred Geography
• Merit through labour (kṛṣi) and order
• Tīrtha-Māhātmya framing

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse valorizes rājadharma as sustained, disciplined action: the king does not rely on divine intervention alone (Indra’s presence/aid), but continues the work personally, making governance tangible through cultivation and protection of the land.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classed under Vamśānucarita / Carita-type narrative (exemplary conduct of a king) embedded within a tīrtha-māhātmya section; it is not sarga/pratisarga, but didactic history/episode supporting sacred geography.

What is the symbolic significance?

The plough-bearing king symbolizes the sacralization of the earth through righteous human effort: measuring space (seven krośas) and cultivating it suggests converting ‘mere territory’ into ‘ordered, dharmic space,’ a common Purāṇic move in tīrtha narratives.