[INDOLOGY] Purūravas’s buddhi in MBh II 69.15

Wed Jun 7 05:31:01 UTC 2023

I would like to thank Valters Negribs, Christophe Vielle, Walter Slaje, 
and Aleksandar Uskokov for their help!

Best regards

D. Haas

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– Translating the Gāyatrī-Mantra. 
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– Puṣpikā 6. Proceedings of the 12th International Indology Graduate 
Research Symposium (Vienna, 2021). https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1133
– Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas. A Philological-Historical 
Study. Dissertation. https://doi.org/10.25365/thesis.72156

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Am 05.06.2023 um 09:41 schrieb Dr. Dominik A. Haas, BA MA:
>
> 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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> *Dr. Dominik A. Haas, BA MA*
> dominik at haas.asia | ORCID 0000-0002-8505-6112 
> <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8505-6112> | academia.edu DominikAHaas 
> <https://univie.academia.edu/DominikAHaas> | twitter DominikAHaas 
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> | WPU <https://philology.org/>
> Lecturer, University of Vienna (2023–)
> DOC Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences (2020–2022)
>
> Recent publications:
> – Translating the Gāyatrī-Mantra 
> https://alt.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/10.18573/alt.57
> – Puṣpikā 6. Proceedings of the 12th International Indology Graduate 
> Research Symposium (Vienna, 2021). https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1133
> – Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas. A Philological-Historical 
> Study. Dissertation. https://doi.org/10.25365/thesis.72156
>
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