Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 6

Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

स तां नृपसुतां लब्ध्वा धर्मार्थावविरोधयन् रेमे तन्व्या सह तया पौलोम्या मघवानिव

Transliteration

sa tāṃ nṛpasutāṃ labdhvā dharmārthāvavirodhayan reme tanvyā saha tayā paulomyā maghavāniva

Translation

اس شہزادی کو پا کر وہ دھرم اور ارتھ میں ٹکراؤ پیدا کیے بغیر، اس نازک اندام کے ساتھ اسی طرح مسرور رہا جیسے مَغھوان (اِندر) پَولومی (شچی) کے ساتھ۔

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• nṛpasutām: the king's daughter
• nṛpasutām: Karma (कर्म; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpasutā (प्रातिपदिक; nṛpa + sutā)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; apposition to tām

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा): 'having obtained'

• dharma-artha-au: dharma and artha
• dharma-artha-au: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Dual (द्विवचन); dvandva (द्वन्द्व) pair

• avirodhayan: not conflicting (with)
• avirodhayan: Karta (कर्ता; participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-vi√rudh (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/śatṛ); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; 'not opposing/without conflicting' (negated)

• reme: enjoyed/sported
• reme: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धातु)
• Form: Verb; Perfect/लिट् (liṭ), Ātmanepada; 3rd person, Singular

• tanvyā: with the slender one
• tanvyā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; used with saha

• saha: with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, preposition-like indeclinable: 'with' (governs instrumental)

• tayā: with her
• tayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• paulomyā: (with) Paulomī
• paulomyā: Upamāna-sahakāraka (उपमान/Instrument in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulomī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; epithet/name (Paulomī = Śacī) used for comparison

• maghavān: Maghavan (Indra)
• maghavān: Upameya/Upamāna (उपमान in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maghavan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; epithet of Indra

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle of comparison (उपमावाचक): 'like/as'

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada); third-person narration with an Indra-Śacī simile

Primary Deities

• Indra (Maghavān)

Key Themes

• Dharma-artha harmony
• Gṛhastha ideal
• Royal household ethics
• Simile with Indra–Śacī (Paulomī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The ideal householder life is not hedonism opposed to duty; rather, enjoyment (kāma implied) is legitimate when it does not violate dharma and does not undermine artha (responsible prosperity). The verse explicitly praises non-conflict among puruṣārthas.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita: it describes the settled married life of a royal figure, a key node in lineage narration and social-dharma exemplification.

What is the symbolic significance?

The Indra–Paulomī comparison elevates the couple’s union as ‘deva-like’—a trope implying auspicious sovereignty, fertility of lineage, and the sacralization of royal domestic order when guided by dharma.