Shloka 31
Kuru's Consecration — Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
सहस्रधा ततश्छिद्य दत्तो युष्माकमेव हि ततः सव्यो भुजो राज्ञा दत्तश् छिन्नो ऽप्यसौ मया
sahasradhā tataśchidya datto yuṣmākameva hi tataḥ savyo bhujo rājñā dattaś chinno 'pyasau mayā
Rồi ta chém nó thành một ngàn mảnh, và quả thật đã trao cho các ngươi. Sau đó nhà vua cũng dâng cánh tay trái—dẫu cánh ấy cũng bị ta chặt đứt.
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FAQs
The king’s giving continues even when the very instrument of giving (the limb) is taken away; this intensifies the teaching that dharma is not transactional. The steadfast donor does not retreat when merit becomes painful.
Again, Vamśānucarita / exemplary-episode material: a moralized royal narrative illustrating the power of dāna and śaraṇāgati, not a sarga/pratisarga cosmological passage.
Cutting ‘into a thousand parts’ hyperbolizes the dissolution of possessiveness. The left arm’s offering suggests that surrender is total—beyond a single gesture—until nothing remains to claim as ‘mine.’