Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

स तां नृपसुतां लब्ध्वा धर्मार्थावविरोधयन् रेमे तन्व्या सह तया पौलोम्या मघवानिव

Transliteration

sa tāṃ nṛpasutāṃ labdhvā dharmārthāvavirodhayan reme tanvyā saha tayā paulomyā maghavāniva

Translation

ती राजकन्या प्राप्त करून, धर्म व अर्थ यांचा विरोध न होऊ देता, तो त्या सुकुमार देहवतीसह रमला—जसा मघवान् (इंद्र) पौलोमी (शची) सह रमतो.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• nṛpasutām: the king's daughter
• nṛpasutām: Karma (कर्म; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpasutā (प्रातिपदिक; nṛpa + sutā)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; apposition to tām

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा): 'having obtained'

• dharma-artha-au: dharma and artha
• dharma-artha-au: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Dual (द्विवचन); dvandva (द्वन्द्व) pair

• avirodhayan: not conflicting (with)
• avirodhayan: Karta (कर्ता; participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-vi√rudh (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/śatṛ); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; 'not opposing/without conflicting' (negated)

• reme: enjoyed/sported
• reme: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धातु)
• Form: Verb; Perfect/लिट् (liṭ), Ātmanepada; 3rd person, Singular

• tanvyā: with the slender one
• tanvyā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; used with saha

• saha: with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, preposition-like indeclinable: 'with' (governs instrumental)

• tayā: with her
• tayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• paulomyā: (with) Paulomī
• paulomyā: Upamāna-sahakāraka (उपमान/Instrument in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulomī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; epithet/name (Paulomī = Śacī) used for comparison

• maghavān: Maghavan (Indra)
• maghavān: Upameya/Upamāna (उपमान in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maghavan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; epithet of Indra

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle of comparison (उपमावाचक): 'like/as'

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada); third-person narration with an Indra-Śacī simile

Primary Deities

• Indra (Maghavān)

Key Themes

• Dharma-artha harmony
• Gṛhastha ideal
• Royal household ethics
• Simile with Indra–Śacī (Paulomī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The ideal householder life is not hedonism opposed to duty; rather, enjoyment (kāma implied) is legitimate when it does not violate dharma and does not undermine artha (responsible prosperity). The verse explicitly praises non-conflict among puruṣārthas.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita: it describes the settled married life of a royal figure, a key node in lineage narration and social-dharma exemplification.

What is the symbolic significance?

The Indra–Paulomī comparison elevates the couple’s union as ‘deva-like’—a trope implying auspicious sovereignty, fertility of lineage, and the sacralization of royal domestic order when guided by dharma.