Shloka 693

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

प्रसीद भगवन्‌ सोमे शापो<यं विनिवर्त्यताम्‌ । उनका वचन सुनकर देवता दक्षके पास जाकर बोले--'भगवन्‌! आप चन्द्रमापर प्रसन्न होइये और यह शाप हटा लीजिये

Transliteration

prasīda bhagavan some śāpo 'yaṁ vinivartyatām |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Sei gnädig, o ehrwürdiger Soma; dieser Fluch möge zurückgenommen werden.“ Als sie diese Worte vernahmen, gingen die Götter zu Dakṣa und sprachen: „O Herr, sei dem Mond gewogen und nimm diesen Fluch hinweg.“ Die Stelle hebt die ethische Kraft von Besänftigung und Versöhnung hervor: Selbst göttlicher Zwist wird durch Demut, Fürsprache und Wiederherstellung des Gleichgewichts gelöst, nicht durch Eskalation.

Word by Word

• प्रसीद: be pleased; be gracious
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सद्
• Form: Loṭ, Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O Lord; O venerable one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सोमे: in/with regard to Soma (the Moon)
• सोमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शापः: the curse
• शापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विनिवर्त्यताम्: let it be withdrawn/removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-√वृत्
• Form: Loṭ, Imperative, 3, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive (karmani)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Soma (Candramā, the Moon)
• Dakṣa
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• Śāpa (curse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that anger and punishment (śāpa) should ultimately yield to grace (prasāda) when harmony can be restored; reconciliation through respectful appeal is presented as a dharmic resolution.

What is happening in the narrative?

An appeal is made to Soma (the Moon) to relent so that a curse may be withdrawn; the gods then approach Dakṣa, urging him to be pleased with the Moon and revoke the curse.