Shloka 32

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

अवध्य: सर्वभूतानां मत्प्रसादात्‌ पुराभवत्‌ । कस्माच्चित्‌ कारणात्‌ पाप: कज्चित्‌ कालमुपेक्षित:,पूर्वकालमें मेरे ही प्रसादसे यह समस्त प्राणियोंके लिये अवध्य हो गया था। किसी कारणवश ही कुछ कालतक इस पापीकी उपेक्षा की गयी थी

Transliteration

avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ matprasādāt purābhavat | kasmāc cit kāraṇāt pāpaḥ kaścit kālam upekṣitaḥ ||

Translation

“Formerly, by my favor, he became invulnerable to all beings. Yet, for some particular reason, this sinner was tolerated—left unpunished—for a certain time.”

Word by Word

अवध्यःinvulnerable / not to be slain

सर्वभूतानाम्of all beings

मत्प्रसादात्from/through my favor (grace)

पुराformerly

अभवत्became / was

कस्मात्from what? / for what reason?

चित्some (enclitic, indefinitizing)

कारणात्from a cause / due to a reason

पापःsinful / wicked (person)

कश्चित्someone / a certain (one)

कालम्time (duration)

उपेक्षितःwas neglected / was overlooked

Speaker

वरुण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Varuṇa

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine boons can grant extraordinary protection, but such protection does not erase moral accountability; a wrongdoer may be spared for a time due to hidden causes, yet justice is not thereby annulled.

What is happening in the narrative?

Varuṇa explains that the person in question had earlier become invulnerable through Varuṇa’s grace, and that the person’s continued survival despite sin was due to a specific reason that led to temporary forbearance.