Shloka 903

Devanagari script

कुशस्थलीं करिष्यामि निवेशं द्वारकां पुरीम्‌ । वहाँ मैं बहुत-से देवकण्टक दानवोंको मारकर कुशस्थलीको द्वारकापुरीके नामसे बसाऊँगा और उसीमें निवास करूँगा

Transliteration

kuśasthalīṁ kariṣyāmi niveśaṁ dvārakāṁ purīm |

Translation

毗湿摩说：“我将以俱沙斯塔利为居处，在彼建立名为堕罗迦（Dvārakā）的城都。诛杀许多为诸天之刺的檀那婆之后，我便居于此城。”

Word by Word

• कुशस्थलीम्: Kushasthali (city) (as object)
• कुशस्थलीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशस्थली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्यामि: I shall make / I will do
• करिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निवेशम्: a settlement / habitation
• निवेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्वारकाम्: Dvaraka (as object/apposition)
• द्वारकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kuśasthalī
• Dvārakā
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Devakaṇṭaka (as an epithet: 'a thorn/menace to the Devas')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames righteous governance as the establishment of a secure, ordered habitation: removing violent threats (those who harm the Devas/righteous order) and then founding a stable city where dharma can be lived and protected.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker declares an intention to found a new settlement: Kuśasthalī will be made into the city called Dvārakā, after defeating many Dānava adversaries described as a menace to the Devas, and then taking up residence there.