Shloka 83

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

Devanagari script

पितृदेवार्चनरता बभूव विजने वने | तब वह उग्र तपस्याके द्वारा अपने शरीरको पीड़ा देकर निर्जन वनमें पितरों तथा देवताओंके पूजनमें तत्पर हो गयी

Transliteration

pitṛdevārcanarātā babhūva vijane vane |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: В одиноком, безлюдном лесу она предалась почитанию Питров (духов предков) и богов, совершая суровые аскезы и добровольно перенося телесные тяготы как знак благоговейной преданности и искупления.

Word by Word

• पितृदेवार्चनरता: devoted to worship of the Pitṛs and the gods
• पितृदेवार्चनरता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृदेव-अर्चन-रत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• विजने: in a lonely (place)
• विजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devas (gods)
• vijana vana (solitary forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic devotion expressed through disciplined worship and austerity: honoring ancestors and gods, and accepting personal hardship as a means of purification, gratitude, and moral realignment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that a woman withdraws to a secluded forest and dedicates herself to worship of the Pitṛs and the gods, practicing severe tapas that causes bodily suffering, indicating a turn toward ascetic devotion and expiatory practice.