Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अनागस: पितु: शापो ब्राह्मणस्य तथैव च । मन्निमित्त: कथं न स्यात्‌ क्रुद्धादस्माद्‌ विभावसो:,उसने सोचा कि “क्या उपाय करूँ? जिससे मेरे कारण मेरे निरपराध पिता तथा निर्दोष ब्राह्मणको क्रोधमें भरे हुए इन सूर्यदेवसे शाप न प्राप्त हो

Transliteration

anāgasaḥ pituḥ śāpo brāhmaṇasya tathaiva ca | man-nimittaḥ kathaṃ na syāt kruddhād asmād vibhāvasoḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “How could a curse from this enraged Vibhāvasu (the Sun/Fire-like deity) not fall—because of me—upon my blameless father and likewise upon the innocent brāhmaṇa?” Thus he reflected on what remedy might prevent others from suffering punishment for a fault not their own, highlighting the ethical urgency to avert harm caused by one’s own involvement.

Word by Word

अनागसःof the blameless/innocent

पितुःof (my) father

शापःcurse

ब्राह्मणस्यof the Brahmin

तथाthus/so; likewise

एवindeed; just

चand

मत्from me

निमित्तःcause/reason

कथम्how?

नnot

स्यात्might be / should be

क्रुद्धात्from (one) enraged

अस्मात्from this (one)

विभावसोःfrom Vibhāvasu (Sun/Fire deity)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

pitā (father)

brāhmaṇa

Vibhāvasu (radiant deity; Sun/Agni epithet)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes