Shloka 106

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

Devanagari script

चकार गमने बुद्धिं परलोकाय वै तदा । जब वह स्वयं एक पग भी चलनेमें असमर्थ हो गयी, तब उसने परलोकमें जानेका विचार किया

Transliteration

cakāra gamane buddhiṃ paralokāya vai tadā |

Translation

Bấy giờ, khi đến nỗi không thể tự bước nổi dù chỉ một bước, nàng quyết ý đi về cõi sau—xoay tâm khỏi cuộc vật lộn của thân xác, hướng đến cuộc vượt qua cuối cùng bên kia sự sống.

Word by Word

• चकार: made; did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गमने: in going; in departure
• गमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बुद्धिं: intention; resolve; thought
• बुद्धिं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परलोकाय: for the other world; for the hereafter
• परलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तदा: then; at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the body can no longer sustain action, the verse highlights a shift from clinging to physical capability toward accepting the inevitable transition, framing death as a deliberate turning of the mind toward the hereafter.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that, at that moment, she became unable to walk even a step and therefore formed the resolve to go to the next world—signaling imminent death or a conscious acceptance of it.