[INDOLOGY] Purūravas’s buddhi in MBh II 69.15

[Christophe Vielle]

Maybe his ritual role - alluded in  ṚV 1,31.4, cf. ŚBM 11, 5, 1.14-17.
See MBh:
01,070.016a purūravās tato vidvān ilāyāṃ samapadyata
01,070.017a trayodaśa samudrasya dvīpān aśnan purūravāḥ
01,070.017c amānuṣair vṛtaḥ sattvair mānuṣaḥ san mahāyaśāḥ
...
01,070.021c ānināya kriyārthe 'gnīn yathāvad vihitāṃs tridhā

He is also the interlocutor of two discussions about rājadharma in MBh 12, 73-74

Le 5 juin 2023 à 09:41, Dr. Dominik A. Haas, BA MA <dominik at haas.asia<mailto:dominik at haas.asia>> a écrit :


Dear colleagues,

I have a brief question regarding the interpretation of a passage in the Mahabhārata. In II 69.15, as the Pāṇḍavas are about to go into exile, Vidura says to Yudhiṣṭhira:

purūravasam ailaṃ tvaṃ buddhyā jayasi pāṇḍava /
“With (your) resolve/intellect, you surpass Purūravas Aila, O Pāṇḍava!”

As I understand it, this means that Yudhiṣṭhira’s buddhi is greater than Purūravas’s. Purūravas is of course well known for his affair with the apsaras Urvaśī; I wonder, however, what buddhi refers to here. How would you interpret this passage?

Below I attach MBh II 69.11–16 and Van Buitenen’s translation.

Thank you for your time and best regards

D. Haas


02,069.011a eṣa vai sarvakalyāṇaḥ samādhis tava bhārata
02,069.011c nainaṃ śatrur viṣahate śakreṇāpi samo 'cyuta
02,069.012a himavaty anuśiṣṭo 'si merusāvarṇinā purā
02,069.012c dvaipāyanena kṛṣṇena nagare vāraṇāvate
02,069.013a bhṛgutuṅge ca rāmeṇa dṛṣadvatyāṃ ca śaṃbhunā
02,069.013c aśrauṣīr asitasyāpi maharṣer añjanaṃ prati
02,069.013d*0596_01 kalmāṣītīrasaṃsthasya gatas tvaṃ śiṣyatāṃ bhṛgoḥ
02,069.014a draṣṭā sadā nāradasya dhaumyas te 'yaṃ purohitaḥ
02,069.014c mā hārṣīḥ sāṃparāye tvaṃ buddhiṃ tām ṛṣipūjitām
02,069.015a purūravasam ailaṃ tvaṃ buddhyā jayasi pāṇḍava
02,069.015c śaktyā jayasi rājño 'nyān ṛṣīn dharmopasevayā
02,069.016a aindre jaye dhṛtamanā yāmye kopavidhāraṇe
02,069.016c visarge caiva kaubere vāruṇe caiva saṃyame


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– Puṣpikā 6. Proceedings of the 12th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Vienna, 2021). https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1133
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