Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कश्यप उवाच पुत्र मा साहसं कार्षी्मा सद्यो लप्स्यसे व्यथाम्‌ | मा त्वां दहेयु: संक्रुद्धा वालखिल्या मरीचिपा:,कश्यपजी बोले--बेटा! कहीं दुःसाहसका काम न कर बैठना, नहीं तो तत्काल भारी दुःखमें पड़ जाओगे। सूर्यकी किरणोंका पान करनेवाले वालखिल्य महर्षि कुपित होकर तुम्हें भस्म न कर डालें

Transliteration

kaśyapa uvāca putra mā sāhasaṁ kārṣīḥ mā sadyo lapsyase vyathām | mā tvāṁ daheyuḥ saṁkruddhā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ ||

Translation

Kashyapa said: “My son, do not act rashly; otherwise you will at once fall into grievous suffering. Do not provoke the Vālakhilya sages—drinkers of the Sun’s rays—for if angered they may burn you to ashes.”

Word by Word

कश्यपःKashyapa

उवाचsaid

पुत्रO son

माdo not

साहसम्rash act, audacity

कार्षीःyou should do / do (with prohibition: do not do)

सद्यःimmediately

लप्स्यसेyou will obtain/meet with

व्यथाम्pain, distress

माlest / do not

त्वाम्you

दहेयुःmight burn

संक्रुद्धाःenraged

वालखिल्याःthe Valakhilya sages

मरीचिपाःdrinkers of sun-rays (ray-drinkers)

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kaśyapa

Vālakhilya sages

Sun (implied by ‘rays’)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reckless action invites immediate suffering; ethical restraint and respect toward powerful ascetics are essential, since their anger—born of tapas—can bring swift consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kashyapa cautions his son against a rash deed and warns that the Vālakhilya sages, famed as ‘drinkers of the Sun’s rays,’ if provoked, may incinerate him in their wrath.