Shloka 37

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

ततो द्वादश वर्षाणि काननेषु वनेषु च । रेमे तस्मिन्‌ गिरौ राजा तथैव सह भार्यया,वे उसी पर्वतके वनों और काननोंमें अपनी पत्नीके साथ उसी प्रकार बारह वर्षोंतक रमण करते रहे

Transliteration

tato dvādaśa varṣāṇi kānaneṣu vaneṣu ca | reme tasmin girau rājā tathaiva saha bhāryayā ||

Translation

ثم مكث الملكُ اثنتي عشرة سنة في الغياض والغابات على ذلك الجبل، يحيى هناك على النحو نفسه مع زوجته، في سكينةٍ واعتزالٍ عن صخب البلاط.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• द्वादश: twelve
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: (agreeing) neuter; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• काननेषु: in groves
• काननेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: locative; Number: plural

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: locative; Number: plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रेमे: enjoyed, sported, dwelt happily
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Lakara: perfect (liṭ); Person: 3rd; Number: singular; Pada: parasmaipada

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: masculine/neuter; Case: locative; Number: singular

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: locative; Number: singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Gender: feminine; Case: instrumental; Number: singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• राजा (the king)
• भार्या (the wife)
• गिरि (the mountain)
• वन/कानन (forest, grove)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness in a chosen mode of life: enduring a long period away from worldly power while maintaining restraint and harmony with one’s spouse. It implicitly values patience, simplicity, and constancy in conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha narrates that the king remained on a particular mountain and spent twelve years in its forests and groves, living there contentedly together with his wife, continuing in the same manner as earlier.