काशीश्वरस्य तनयः प्रतीतोऽस्मि कुशध्वजः । जाति स्मरस्ततो राज्ये क्रमात्प्राप्याहमैश्वरम्
kāśīśvarasya tanayaḥ pratīto'smi kuśadhvajaḥ | jāti smarastato rājye kramātprāpyāhamaiśvaram
Ta được biết đến là Kuśadhvaja, con của chúa tể Kāśī. Vì nhớ được các đời trước, ta dần dần đạt quyền uy tối thượng trong vương quốc.
Kuśadhvaja
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A prince in royal court attire declares his name Kuśadhvaja, son of the lord of Kāśī; behind him, a faint symbolic overlay of the Śiva temple swing hints at the past life; ministers and court witness his rise to sovereignty.
Spiritual merit and right conduct can mature gradually into rightful authority; remembrance of past lives signals accumulated saṃskāras.
Kāśī (Varanasi) is invoked through the mention of its ruler, Kāśīśvara, situating the narrative in Kāśī’s sacred milieu.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the speaker’s identity and karmic maturity (jāti-smara).