Mahabharata 11.1.3 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 3
स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च
Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation
अश्वृत्थाम्न: श्रुतं कर्म शापादन्योन्यकारितात् । वृत्तान्तमुत्तरं ब्रूहि यदभाषत संजय:
Janamejaya uvāca | Aśvatthāmnaḥ śrutaṃ karma śāpād anyonyakāritāt | vṛttāntam uttaraṃ brūhi yad abhāṣata Sañjayaḥ ||
জনমেজয়ে ক’লে— “অশ্বত্থামাৰ কৃত্য আৰু শাপৰ পৰা উদ্ভৱ হোৱা পৰস্পৰ শাপ-প্ৰতিশাপৰ বৃত্তান্ত মই শুনিছোঁ। এতিয়া পৰৱৰ্তী কথা কওক—সঞ্জয়ে ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰক কি কৈছিল?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how grave actions (karma) can culminate in reciprocal consequences such as curses, and it frames ethical inquiry: the listener seeks the ‘next’ outcome, implying that deeds and their moral fallout unfold in a continuing chain.
Janamejaya, hearing the prior episode about Aśvatthāman and the mutual curse, asks the narrator to continue the story and specifically to report what Sañjaya said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra afterward.
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