Shloka 67
Adhyaya 7 — Harishchandra Tested by Vishvamitra: The Gift of the Kingdom and the Pandava Curse-Backstory
ततोऽवतेरुरंशैः स्वैर्देवास्ते कुरुवेश्मनि ।
द्रौपदीगर्भसम्भूताः पञ्च वै पाण्डुनन्दनाः ॥
tato ’vaterur aṃśaiḥ svair devās te kuruveśmani |
draupadī-garbha-sambhūtāḥ pañca vai pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ ||
அதன்பின் அந்த தேவர்கள் தத்தம் அंशாவதாரங்களாகக் குருகுலத்தின் இல்லத்தில் இறங்கினர்; த்ரௌபதியின் கருப்பையிலிருந்து பிறந்த பாண்டுவின் ஐந்து புதல்வர்கள் தோன்றினர்।
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FAQs
The verse frames exemplary human agents (here, the Pāṇḍavas) as instruments of cosmic order: divine powers manifest partially to restore and uphold dharma within history. Ethically, it suggests that righteous action in the world can be seen as participation in a larger, divinely guided moral order.
Primarily Vamśa/Vamśānucarita (dynastic genealogy and accounts of royal lineages and their deeds), with a secondary avatāra motif that often accompanies purāṇic historical narration.
Aṃśāvatāra implies graded descent of divine potency: not full theophany but calibrated embodiment suited to a historical task. Symbolically, the ‘house of the Kurus’ becomes the field (kṣetra) where cosmic forces express themselves through human conflict and ethical choice, aligning epic events with metaphysical governance.