Shloka 52
प्रसवश्चैव युवयोगोलाड्गूलर्क्षवानरा: | उन महातपस्वीने कुपित हो अपने उन दोनों ऋषि भाइयोंके पास पहुँचकर कठोर वाणीमें शाप देते हुए कहा--“तुम दोनों पशुओंके लोभमें फँसकर मुझे छोड़कर भाग आये। इसलिये इसी पापकर्मके कारण मेरे शापसे तुम दोनों भाई महाभयंकर भेड़ियेका शरीर धारण करके दाँढ़ोंसे युक्त हो इधर-उधर भटकते फिरोगे। तुम दोनोंकी संतानके रूपमें गोलांगूल, रीछ और वानर आदि पशुओंकी उत्पत्ति होगी" || ४९--५१ ई ।। इत्युक्तेन तदा तेन क्षणादेव विशाम्पते
prasavaś caiva yuvayor golāṅgūlarkṣavānarāḥ | ity uktena tadā tena kṣaṇād eva viśāmpate ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “From you two will arise offspring such as the golāṅgūla, bears, and monkeys.” Having thus spoken, O lord of men, that great ascetic—angered that the two rishi brothers had abandoned him out of greed for animals—uttered a harsh curse: because of that sinful deed, by his imprecation the two brothers would at once assume the bodies of dreadful wolves, fanged, and would wander to and fro; and from their line would be born various animal kinds such as the golāṅgūla, bears, and monkeys.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed and abandonment of one’s duty/companions (dharma-bhraṃśa) lead to consequences that reflect the moral fault. The ascetic’s curse functions as a narrative expression of karma: betrayal and selfish pursuit bring a degrading transformation and a troubled, wandering existence.
An enraged great ascetic confronts two ṛṣi brothers who fled, leaving him behind due to desire for animals. He curses them to become fearsome, fanged wolves who must roam, and declares that from their progeny will arise animals such as the golāṅgūla, bears, and monkeys; the narrator then notes the immediacy of the effect.