Shloka 51

Devanagari script

एवं दत्त्वार्जुने शापं स्फुरदोष्ठी श्वसन्त्यथ | पुन: प्रत्यागता क्षिप्रमुर्वशी गृहमात्मन:,फड़कते हुए ओठोंसे इस प्रकार शाप देकर उर्वशी लंबी साँसें खींचती हुई पुनः शीघ्र ही अपने घरको लौट गयी

Transliteration

evaṁ dattvārjune śāpaṁ sphurad-oṣṭhī śvasanty atha | punaḥ pratyāgatā kṣipram urvaśī gṛham ātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having thus pronounced a curse upon Arjuna, Urvaśī—her lips trembling and breathing heavily—quickly returned again to her own abode.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

दत्त्वाhaving given

अर्जुनेto Arjuna

शापम्a curse

स्फुरत्-ओष्ठीshe whose lips were quivering

श्वसन्तीbreathing, sighing

अथthen

पुनःagain

प्रत्यागताreturned

क्षिप्रम्quickly

उर्वशीUrvashi

गृहम्to (her) house/home

आत्मनःof herself, her own

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Urvaśī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of speech and emotion: when desire, anger, or humiliation dominate, one may resort to harsh words that create lasting consequences. It implicitly commends restraint (dama) and measured response as dharmic virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

After cursing Arjuna, Urvaśī—visibly agitated, with trembling lips and heavy breaths—departs at once and returns to her own dwelling, marking the completion of her reaction and the immediate aftermath of the curse.