Shloka 30

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

सुरासवो न कर्तव्य: सर्वर्नगरवासिभि: । नरेश्वर! राजाकी आज्ञासे उनके सेवकोंने उस लोहचूर्णको समुद्रमें फेंक दिया। फिर उमग्रसेन, श्रीकृष्ण, बलराम और महामना बश्रुके आदेशसे राजपुरुषोंने नगरमें यह घोषणा करा दी कि “आजसे समस्त वृष्णिवंशी और अन्धकवंशी क्षत्रियोंके यहाँ कोई भी नगरनिवासी मदिरा न तैयार करें || २८-२९३$ ।। यश्न नो<विदितं कुर्यात्‌ पेयं कश्चिन्नरः क्वचित्‌

Transliteration

surāsavo na kartavyaḥ sarvair nagaravāsibhiḥ | nareśvara |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, no citizen of the city should prepare intoxicating liquor. Let the making of spirits be prohibited for all residents.”

Word by Word

• सुरासवः: liquor/fermented drink
• सुरासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कर्तव्यः: to be made/done; should be prepared
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नगरवासिभिः: by the town-dwellers/citizens
• नगरवासिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nareśvara (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)
• nagara (the city)
• surā
• āsava

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches civic and ethical restraint: intoxicants should be curtailed to protect public order and moral discipline, reflecting the king’s duty to prevent causes of social collapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

A formal prohibition is announced: all city residents are instructed not to prepare surā/āsava (intoxicating drinks), indicating an attempt by authorities to avert impending disorder among the Yādava clans.