Shloka 5

Prayāga-māhātmya — The Greatness of Prayāga and the Discipline of Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

निहत्य कौरवान सर्वान् भ्रातृभिः सह पार्थिवः / शोकेन महाताविष्टा मुमोह स युधिष्ठिरः

Transliteration

nihatya kauravāna sarvān bhrātṛbhiḥ saha pārthivaḥ / śokena mahātāviṣṭā mumoha sa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

సోదరులతో కలిసి సమస్త కౌరవులను సంహరించిన తరువాత, రాజైన యుధిష్ఠిరుడు మహాశోకంతో కుంగి మోహమునకు, మూర్ఛకు లోనయ్యెను।

Word by Word

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having slain’

• कौरवान्: the Kauravas
• कौरवान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘कौरवान्’

• भ्रातृभिः: with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Sahakaraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• शोकेन: by grief
• शोकेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘शोकेन’

• आविष्टः: overcome (possessed)
• आविष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘overcome/possessed’

• मुमोह: became deluded/fainted
• मुमोह: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘सः’ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing Yudhiṣṭhira’s condition within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kauravas
• Pāṇḍava brothers

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By portraying śoka (grief) leading to moha (delusion), the verse implies the Atman’s clarity is obscured by mental afflictions; liberation in the Kurma Purana’s teaching arises when knowledge of Īśvara/Atman dispels this moha.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

This verse itself is diagnostic—showing the mind overwhelmed by śoka; in the Kurma Purana’s broader framework, such affliction is countered through īśvara-bhakti, jñāna, and disciplined yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented restraint and contemplation) that steadies the mind and restores dharma-buddhi.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Indirectly: the Kurma Purana often uses Mahābhārata episodes to lead toward Īśvara-teaching where sectarian boundaries soften—grief and delusion are remedied by devotion and knowledge of the one Supreme Lord revered as both Śiva and Viṣṇu in a unified theological vision.