Shloka 266

Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit

Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link

Devanagari script

गृहमानीय बध्नीम: क्रतुरेवं भवेज्न सः । फिर अन्य नाग बोले--“जब राजा जनमेजय जल-क्रीड़ा करते हों, उस समय उन्हें वहाँसे खींचकर हम अपने घर ले आवें और बाँधकर रख लें। ऐसा करनेसे वह यज्ञ होगा ही नहीं'--

Transliteration

gṛham ānīya badhnīmaḥ kratū r evaṁ bhavej na saḥ |

Translation

Śeṣa said: “Let us seize King Janamejaya while he is sporting in the water, drag him away from there to our own dwelling, and bind him fast. If we do this, that sacrifice will not take place at all.”

Word by Word

• गृहम्: to the house/home
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आनीय: having brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• बध्नीमः: we bind / we shall bind
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: लट् (Present), Parasmaipada, First, Plural

• क्रतुः: the sacrifice (rite)
• क्रतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भवेत्: would be / should happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सः: he / that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• King Janamejaya
• kratu (sacrifice)