Shloka 33

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

एवं शशाप भगवान्‌ वसूंस्तान्‌ भरतर्षभ । वशं क्रोधस्य सम्प्राप्त आपवो मुनिसत्तम:,भरतर्षभ! इस प्रकार मुनिवर भगवान्‌ वसिष्ठने क्रोधके आवेशमें आकर उन वसुओंको शाप दिया

Transliteration

evaṁ śaśāpa bhagavān vasūṁs tān bharatarṣabha | vaśaṁ krodhasya samprāpta āpo vo munisattamaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Stier unter den Bharatas, so verfluchte der verehrungswürdige Weise jene Vasus. Unter die Herrschaft des Zorns geraten, sprach der vornehmste der Asketen Worte, die sie an die Folgen ihres Vergehens banden.“

Word by Word

एवम्thus

शशापcursed

भगवान्the venerable one

वसून्the Vasus

तान्those

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

वशम्control, sway

क्रोधस्यof anger

सम्प्राप्तःhaving come under / having reached

आपवःthe descendant of Apava (Vasiṣṭha)

मुनिसत्तमःthe best of sages

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vasus

Vasiṣṭha

Bharata lineage (addressed as Bharatarṣabha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a great sage, when overtaken by anger, can act in a way that sets harsh consequences in motion; the verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (anger) and the inevitability of karmic results once a transgression is judged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the revered sage (identified in the accompanying context as Vasiṣṭha) curses the Vasus; the line emphasizes that the curse is uttered while the sage is under the influence of anger.