Shloka 683

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

शापस्य लक्षणं चैव यक्ष्माणं च तथा55त्मन: । उनके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर चन्द्रमाने उन सबको उत्तर देते हुए अपनेको प्राप्त हुए शापके कारण राजयक्ष्माकी उत्पत्ति बतलायी

Transliteration

śāpasya lakṣaṇaṃ caiva yakṣmāṇaṃ ca tathātmanāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: They asked about the marks of the curse and about the wasting disease (yakṣmā) as it affected him. In response, Candra explained to them how, due to the curse that had befallen him, the ailment known as rājayakṣmā came into being—showing how moral transgression and its consequences can manifest as suffering, and how inquiry into causes becomes a step toward understanding and remedy.

Word by Word

• शापस्य: of the curse
• शापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लक्षणम्: mark; characteristic
• लक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यक्ष्माणम्: consumption; (royal) tuberculosis (yakṣmā)
• यक्ष्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आत्मनः: of himself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Candra (Moon-god)
• Śāpa (curse)
• Yakṣmā / Rājayakṣmā (disease)