Shloka 121

Devanagari script

न मृषा ब्रवीमि भूत्वा त्वमन्धो न चिरादनन्धो भविष्यसीति | ममापि शापो भवता दत्तो न भवेदिति,“राजन! मैं झूठ नहीं बोलता। आप पहले अन्धे होकर फिर थोड़े ही दिनोंमें इस दोषसे रहित हो जायूँगे। अब आप भी ऐसी चेष्टा करें, जिससे आपका दिया हुआ शाप मुझपर लागू न हो”

Transliteration

na mṛṣā bravīmi bhūtvā tvam andho na cirād anandho bhaviṣyasīti | mamāpi śāpo bhavatā datto na bhaved iti |

Translation

Rāma sprach: „Ich rede nicht falsch. Du wirst erblinden, doch nicht lange; ehe viele Tage vergehen, wirst du von diesem Leiden frei sein. Nun aber, o König, bemühe auch du dich, dass der Fluch, den du ausgesprochen hast, an mir keine Wirkung tue.“

Word by Word

नnot

मृषाfalsely

ब्रवीमिI speak

भूत्वाhaving become

त्वम्you

अन्धःblind

नnot

चिरात्after a long time / long

अनन्धःnot blind

भविष्यसिyou will be/become

इतिthus (quotative)

ममof me / my

अपिalso/even

शापःcurse

भवताby you

दत्तःgiven

नnot

भवेत्may be / should be

इतिthus (quotative)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

King (rājan)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage foregrounds vāg-dharma (ethical speech): one should speak truthfully and also act to prevent harm. Even when a curse has been uttered, the speaker urges remedial effort so that destructive words do not bear fruit, balancing truth with compassion and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma addresses a king who has pronounced a curse. Rāma insists he is not lying, predicts the king’s temporary blindness and recovery, and then requests that the king take steps so that the curse directed at Rāma will not take effect.