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Shloka 8

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

आत्मन: सदृशं सा तु भर्तारें नान्वपश्यत । राजन! उग्र तपस्या करते हुए उसका बहुत समय व्यतीत हो गया। पिताने अपने जीवनकालमें उसका किसीके साथ ब्याह कर देनेका प्रयत्न किया; परंतु उस अनिन्‍्द्य सुन्दरीने विवाहकी इच्छा नहीं की। उसे अपने योग्य कोई वर ही नहीं दिखायी देता था ।। ७ न! ततः सा तपसोग्रेण पीडयित्वा55त्मनस्तनुम्‌

ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṃ sā tu bhartāraṃ nānvapaśyata | rājan, ugra-tapasyāṃ kurvatyāḥ tasyā bahu kālo vyatītaḥ | pitā tu jīvan-kāle tasyāḥ kasyacid saha vivāhaṃ kārayituṃ prayatnam akarot; parantu sā anindya-sundarī vivāhecchāṃ na cakāra | tasyai svayogyo vara eva na dṛśyate sma | tataḥ sā tapaso greṇa pīḍayitvā ātmanas tanum ||

وہ اپنے برابر کا شوہر کہیں نہ پا سکی۔ اے بادشاہ! سخت تپسیا کرتے کرتے اس پر بہت زمانہ گزر گیا۔ باپ نے عمر بھر اس کی شادی طے کرنے کی کوشش کی، مگر وہ بے عیب حسینہ نکاح کی خواہاں نہ تھی؛ اسے اپنے لائق کوئی خواستگار دکھائی نہ دیتا تھا۔ پھر ریاضت کی شدت سے اس نے اپنے ہی جسم کو اذیت دی۔

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तपसाby austerity; with penance
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
उग्रेणfierce; severe
उग्रेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पीडयित्वाhaving afflicted; having tormented
पीडयित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootपीड्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
आत्मनःof herself; of the self
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तनुम्body
तनुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतनु
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
J
Janamejaya (implied by 'rājan')
T
the maiden (unnamed here)
H
her father (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights discernment and personal agency within social expectations: marriage is treated as a duty pursued by the father, yet the woman refuses without finding a worthy match. It also shows the ethical tension between worldly obligations and ascetic resolve, where intense tapas becomes a chosen path even at bodily cost.

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a maiden finds no husband equal to her. Though her father tries to arrange her marriage during his lifetime, she declines, seeing no suitable suitor. As time passes, she undertakes severe austerities and, through their intensity, mortifies her body.