Shloka 2
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
कृतो ऽस्य चूडाकरणश्च देवा विप्रण मित्रावरुणात्मजेन नवाब्दिकस्य व्रतबन्धनं च वेदे च शास्त्रे विधिपारगो ऽबूत्
kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt
Wahai para dewa, upacara cūḍākaraṇa (mencukur rambut) baginda telah dilaksanakan oleh seorang brāhmaṇa, putera Mitra dan Varuṇa. Ketika berusia sembilan tahun, upanayana / vrata-bandhana (pengikatan nazar) juga dilakukan; dan baginda menjadi seorang yang mahir menyeberangi ‘tebing’ tatacara yang benar dalam Veda dan śāstra.
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FAQs
Even for kings, legitimacy and excellence are grounded in discipline and learning: initiation, vows, and study integrate political power with dharma and restraint.
Vaṁśānucarita: the text highlights how dynastic continuity is maintained not only by birth but by sanctioned rites and education, a typical purāṇic concern in lineage narratives.
The involvement of a revered brāhmaṇa (identified by epithet as Mitra–Varuṇa’s son) symbolizes the harmonizing of kṣatriya vigor with brāhmaṇic wisdom—social order (varṇa-dharma) as a sacral technology.