Shloka 11
शशाप तं च संक्रुद्धो बीभत्सुर्जिह्मगामिनम् । पावको वासुदेवश्चाप्यप्रतिष्ठो भविष्यसि
śaśāpa taṃ ca saṃkruddho bībhatsur jihmagāminam | pāvako vāsudevaś cāpy apratiṣṭho bhaviṣyasi ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Zornentbrannt verfluchte Arjuna (Bībhatsu) jene Schlange, die mit krummer Absicht dahinglitt: „Du sollst ohne Zuflucht und ohne festen Stand sein.“ Pāvaka (Agni) und Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) stimmten seinem Spruch ebenfalls zu.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Crooked, deceitful aggression is portrayed as adharma that leads to loss of stability and protection; the narrative frames moral consequence as being affirmed not only by a hero’s judgment but also by divine witnesses (Agni and Kṛṣṇa).
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, angered by a serpent’s harmful, crooked behavior, utters a curse that it will become ‘apratiṣṭha’ (without standing/refuge). Agni and Kṛṣṇa explicitly endorse Arjuna’s utterance.