Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 29

Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī

Devanagari script

ततो जगाम चारण्यं त्वनध्याये नृपात्मजः सर्वकर्मसु निक्षिप्य वसिष्ठं तपसां निधिम्

Transliteration

tato jagāma cāraṇyaṃ tvanadhyāye nṛpātmajaḥ sarvakarmasu nikṣipya vasiṣṭhaṃ tapasāṃ nidhim

Translation

പിന്നീട് അനധ്യായകാലത്ത് രാജപുത്രൻ അരണ്യത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; തപസ്സുകളുടെ നിധിയായ വസിഷ്ഠനിൽ എല്ലാ കാര്യങ്ങളും ഏൽപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; ततो (adverb: then/thereafter)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• araṇyam: to the forest
• araṇyam: Karma (कर्म/Goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: araṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (indeed/however)

• anadhyāye: on a non-study day (holiday)
• anadhyāye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛpa-ātmajaḥ: the king's son
• nṛpa-ātmajaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nṛpasya ātmajaḥ)

• sarva-karmasu: in all duties
• sarva-karmasu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi karmāṇi)

• nikṣipya: having entrusted / having placed
• nikṣipya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Gerund)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√kṣip (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: नि

• vasiṣṭham: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭham: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tapasām: of austerities
• tapasām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• nidhim: treasure / repository
• nidhim: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Not explicit in the provided excerpt (likely within the Purāṇic frame-dialogue
• often Pulastya → Nārada)

Key Themes

• Dharma of delegation to a guru/ṛṣi
• Forest-withdrawal motif
• Vedic discipline (anadhyāya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A ruler (or heir) acts within dharma by placing governance and rites under a qualified brahmarṣi (Vasiṣṭha) before withdrawing; it underscores reverence for śāstra-guided authority and disciplined timing (anadhyāya) in Vedic life.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / carita (dynastic or character narrative): it describes conduct and movement of a royal figure, not cosmogenesis or dissolution.

What is the symbolic significance?

Entrusting ‘all actions’ to Vasiṣṭha symbolizes transferring ego-driven agency to tapas and dharma—placing one’s life under the governance of spiritual discipline before entering the liminal space of the forest.