Shloka 86

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यस्य स आख्येयो मृषा शापो<न्यथा भवेत्‌ | उन दोनोंने बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ प्रेमपूर्वक यह शर्त कर रखी थी कि हमलोगोंके मनमें शुभ या अशुभ जो भी संकल्प प्रकट हो, उसे हम एक दूसरेसे कह दें; अन्यथा झूठे ही शापका भागी होना पड़ेगा

Transliteration

anyonyasya sa ākhyeyo mṛṣā śāpo 'nyathā bhavet |

Translation

Beide hatten in großer Freude und Zuneigung diese Abmachung getroffen: Welche Regung auch immer im Geist aufsteige, günstig oder ungünstig, müsse der eine sie dem anderen offenbaren; andernfalls fiele der Fluch wie auf den, der einen Meineid schwört.

Word by Word

• {'anyonyasya': 'of one another

• mutually', 'saḥ': 'that

• he/it (referring to the thought/resolve to be stated)', 'ākhyeyaḥ': 'to be declared, to be told, to be disclosed', 'mṛṣā': 'false, untrue, deceitful', 'śāpaḥ': 'curse

• punitive consequence invoked by an oath/condition', 'anyathā': 'otherwise

• in another way', 'bhavet': 'would be

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness and transparency are treated as binding ethical duties: when one has entered a mutual vow to disclose one’s intentions, concealment becomes a form of falsehood, attracting the moral weight of a ‘false curse’—i.e., culpability arising from breaking an oath-like condition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa refers to an agreement between two parties that they will lovingly and gladly reveal to each other any auspicious or inauspicious resolve that appears in their minds; failing to do so would make them liable to the consequence associated with speaking falsely or violating the stipulated condition.