Shloka 47

Durjaya, Urvaśī, and the Expiation at Vārāṇasī

Genealogy and Sin-Removal through Viśveśvara

Devanagari script

एष व कथितः सम्यक् सहस्त्रजित उत्तमः / वंशः पापहरो नृणां क्रोष्टोरपि निबोधत

Transliteration

eṣa va kathitaḥ samyak sahastrajita uttamaḥ / vaṃśaḥ pāpaharo nṛṇāṃ kroṣṭorapi nibodhata

Translation

Demikianlah Sahasrajit yang mulia telah dihuraikan dengan tepat. Sekarang ketahuilah pula salasilah Kroṣṭu—dinasti ini dikatakan menghapus dosa manusia.

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: कर्ता/विषय (subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध/निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कथितः: has been narrated
• कथितः: क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘has been told’

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सहस्त्रजित्: Sahastrajit (name/epithet)
• सहस्त्रजित्: सम्बोधन/विषय-विशेषण (appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-जित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘conqueror of a thousand’)

• उत्तमः: excellent
• उत्तमः: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) सहस्त्रजितः/एषस्य

• वंशः: lineage
• वंशः: कर्ता/विषय (subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पापहरः: remover of sins
• पापहरः: विशेषण (qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘sin-removing’); विशेषण वंशस्य

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• क्रोष्टोः: of Kroṣṭu
• क्रोष्टोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोष्टु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (inclusion/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• निबोधत: understand/learn
• निबोधत: आज्ञा/प्रवर्तन (imperative to listener)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) speaking to the assembled sages

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrajit
• Kroṣṭu

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it emphasizes the purifying merit (pāpa-haraṇa) gained through attentive hearing and understanding of sacred Purāṇic narration.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific yogic technique is stated; the implied discipline is śravaṇa (reverent listening) and smṛti (retentive understanding), treated in the Purāṇic tradition as a purifying sādhana supporting dharma and later yoga-teachings.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

The verse is genealogical and neutral in sectarian terms; its Purāṇic frame supports the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis by presenting dharma-centered sacred history as spiritually purifying regardless of whether later sections foreground Shaiva (Pāśupata) or Vaishnava theology.