Shloka 67

Adhyaya 7 — Harishchandra Tested by Vishvamitra: The Gift of the Kingdom and the Pandava Curse-Backstory

Sanskrit

ततोऽवतेरुरंशैः स्वैर्देवास्ते कुरुवेश्मनि ।

द्रौपदीगर्भसम्भूताः पञ्च वै पाण्डुनन्दनाः ॥

Transliteration

tato ’vaterur aṃśaiḥ svair devās te kuruveśmani |

draupadī-garbha-sambhūtāḥ pañca vai pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ ||

Translation

پھر وہ دیوتا اپنے اپنے اَمش اوتاروں کے ساتھ کُروؤں کے گھر میں اُترے؛ اور دروپدی کے رحم سے پاندو کے پانچ بیٹے ظاہر ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence/time

• avateruḥ: descended
• avateruḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√tṝ (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, Aorist), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• aṃśaiḥ: by portions/parts
• aṃśaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (तृतीया/Instrumental), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• svaiḥ: their own
• svaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Bahuvacana; possessive adjective qualifying aṃśaiḥ

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/Nominative), Bahuvacana

• te: those (they)
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Bahuvacana; pronoun referring to devāḥ

• kuruveśmani: in the Kuru household/palace
• kuruveśmani: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru-veśman (प्रातिपदिक; kuru + veśman)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī vibhakti (सप्तमी/Locative), Ekavacana; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘kurūṇāṃ veśmani’

• draupadī-garbha-sambhūtāḥ: born from Draupadī’s womb
• draupadī-garbha-sambhūtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draupadī (प्रातिपदिक) + garbha (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhūta (कृदन्त; सम्√भू + क्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Bahuvacana; past participle (क्त) used adjectivally; compound sense ‘draupadyāḥ garbhāt sambhūtāḥ’ (ablative/locative relation in meaning)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like usage; qualifying pāṇḍunandanāḥ

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/assurance

• pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ: sons of Pāṇḍu
• pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Bahuvacana; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘pāṇḍoḥ nandanāḥ’

Speakers

• Not determinable from single-verse excerpt; likely within the Markandeya Purana’s narrative exposition (not the Devi Mahatmyam frame).

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Devas (collective)
• Pāṇḍavas (as aṃśas of gods)

Key Themes

• Itihasa integration
• Aṃśāvatāra doctrine
• Genealogy / lineage
• Dharma through epic exemplars

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

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.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Vamśa/Vamśānucarita (dynastic genealogy and accounts of royal lineages and their deeds), with a secondary avatāra motif that often accompanies purāṇic historical narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

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.