Shloka 9

Kurukṣetra–Samantapañcaka Māhātmya: King Kuru’s Ploughing and Indra’s Boon (प्रजापतेरुत्तरवेदिः समन्तपञ्चकं)

Devanagari script

सा55त्मानं मन्यमानापि कृतकृत्यं श्रमान्विता

Transliteration

sātmānaṃ manyamānāpi kṛtakṛtyaṃ śramānvitā

Translation

Walaupun dia menganggap dirinya telah mencapai maksudnya, dia tetap keletihan dan dibebani penat yang berat.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आत्मानम्: herself (the self)
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मन्यमाना: thinking/considering
• मन्यमाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु) → मन्यमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कृतकृत्यम्: one whose task is accomplished / having done what had to be done
• कृतकृत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + कृत्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रमान्विता: wearied; accompanied by fatigue
• श्रमान्विता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त) ; श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the ethical-psychological truth that believing one’s duty or objective is fulfilled does not erase the human cost of action; exhaustion can remain as a moral and emotional residue of what one has done.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a woman’s state: she considers herself successful in her intended deed, yet she is physically and mentally fatigued, suggesting the aftermath of an intense or consequential act within the war-time narrative.