Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

राजाब्रवीत् सुरवरं तपः सत्यं क्षमां दयाम् कृषामि शौचं दानं च योगं च ब्रह्मचारिताम्

Transliteration

rājābravīt suravaraṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamāṃ dayām kṛṣāmi śaucaṃ dānaṃ ca yogaṃ ca brahmacāritām

Translation

မင်းကြီးက နတ်တို့အထွဋ်အမြတ်အား ပြောသည်— «ငါသည် တပ (အာစတေရ), သစ္စာ, ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်းနှင့် ကရုဏာကို လယ်ထွန်သကဲ့သို့ စိုက်ပျိုး၏။ ထို့ပြင် သန့်ရှင်းမှု၊ ဒါန၊ ယောဂနှင့် ဗြဟ္မစရိယာကိုလည်း စိုက်ပျိုး၏»

Word by Word

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• suravaram: to the best of gods
• suravaram: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष (‘best of gods’)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular (form = Nom/Acc sg)

• satyam: truth
• satyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• kṣamām: forbearance
• kṣamām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• dayām: compassion
• dayām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• kṛṣāmi: I plough/cultivate
• kṛṣāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛṣ (कृष् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• śaucam: purity
• śaucam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śauca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• dānam: giving/charity
• dānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• yogam: yoga
• yogam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle

• brahmacāritām: brahmacarya (celibate conduct)
• brahmacāritām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + cāritā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ब्रह्मणि/ब्रह्मणः चारिता’ = brahmacarya)

Speakers

• The King replying to Indra (Śatakratu)

Primary Deities

• Indra

Key Themes

• Raja-dharma
• Ethical cultivation
• Inner purity
• Dana (charity)
• Self-restraint

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True kingship is presented as the active cultivation of virtues—ethical life is ‘worked’ like a field. The list integrates social virtues (dāna, dayā), personal discipline (tapas, brahmacarya), and spiritual practice (yoga), implying dharma is holistic.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Didactic narrative (ācāra-dharma instruction) within Vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling—teaching through exemplary speech rather than cosmological sections (sarga/pratisarga).

What is the symbolic significance?

The metaphor of ‘ploughing’ virtues suggests that moral qualities are not merely innate; they require sustained effort, discipline, and regular practice—yielding the ‘crop’ of righteous rulership and spiritual merit.