Shloka 41
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
एतानि सर्वतो ऽभ्येत्य रक्षन्ति कुरुजाङ्गलम् अमीषां बलिनो ऽन्ये च भृत्याश्चैवानुयायिनः
etāni sarvato 'bhyetya rakṣanti kurujāṅgalam amīṣāṃ balino 'nye ca bhṛtyāścaivānuyāyinaḥ
వీరు అన్ని దిక్కుల నుండీ చేరి కురుజాంగలాన్ని రక్షిస్తారు; వీరి ఇతర బలవంతులైన భృతులు మరియు అనుయాయులు కూడా (దానిని) కాపాడుతారు।
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FAQs
Sanctity is sustained by vigilant, collective responsibility. The verse implies that sacred order is maintained through coordinated guardianship—an ethic mirrored in human life as communal protection of dharma, institutions, and places of learning/worship.
This is supportive narrative within tīrtha-māhātmya/caritāṅga material (describing the status and protection of a sacred region). It is not sarga/pratisarga; it functions as an explanatory charter for why the place remains secure and efficacious.
‘From all sides’ suggests the kṣetra as a consecrated mandala with perimeter-guardians. The mention of attendants and followers indicates that protection is not merely singular-divine but an ordered hierarchy—symbolizing how dharma is upheld through layered agencies (cosmic, ritual, social).