Shloka 44

Kubera’s Arrival and the Disclosure of Agastya’s Curse

Vaiśaṃpāyana–Janamejaya Narrative

Devanagari script

नूनमद्यासि सम्पक्वो यथा ते मतिरीदृशी । दत्ता कृष्णापहरणे कालेनाद्भुतकर्मणा,“आज निश्चय ही तेरी आयु पूरी हो चुकी है, तभी तो अद्भुत कर्म करनेवाले कालने तुझे इस प्रकार द्रौपदीके अपहरणकी बुद्धि दी है

Transliteration

nūnam adyāsi sampakvo yathā te matir īdṛśī | dattā kṛṣṇāpaharaṇe kālenādbhuta-karmaṇā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Gewiss ist dein Leben heute bis an sein Ende gereift, denn die Zeit — Kāla, deren Taten wundersam sind — hat dir einen solchen Gedanken eingepflanzt: Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) zu entführen.“

Word by Word

नूनम्surely, indeed

अद्यtoday, now

असिyou are

सम्पक्वःfully ripe; (fig.) fully matured/finished

यथाas, since, inasmuch as

तेof you, your

मतिःmind, intention, thought

ईदृशीsuch, of this kind

दत्ताgiven

कृष्णा-अहरणेin the abduction of Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

कालेनby Time (Death/Fate)

अद्भुत-कर्मणाby/with (one) whose deeds are wondrous

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kāla (Time/Death)

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind that inclines toward grave adharma—here, the abduction of Draupadī—is portrayed as a symptom of imminent downfall. The verse links unethical intent with Kāla (Time/Death), implying that transgression invites swift, inescapable consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker comments on someone forming the intention to abduct Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī). He declares that such a reckless, wrongful plan indicates that the person’s end is near, as if Time itself has driven him toward a self-destructive act.