Shloka 51

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ वृकाकृती रौद्रौ दंष्टिणावभितश्चरौ । भवितारौ मया शप्तौ पापेनानेन कर्मणा

Transliteration

tasmād vṛkākṛtī raudrau daṃṣṭiṇāv abhitaś carau | bhavitārau mayā śaptau pāpenānena karmaṇā ||

Translation

Por ello, vosotros dos—con forma de lobo, feroces y colmilludos, vagando por todas partes—habréis de llegar a ser así, pues os he maldecido por este acto pecaminoso.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• वृकाकृती: wolf-shaped (two)
• वृकाकृती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक-आकृति
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• रौद्रौ: fierce/terrible (two)
• रौद्रौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• दंष्टिणौ: having fangs (two)
• दंष्टिणौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंष्टिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• अभितः: around/on both sides
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• चरौ: they move/roam
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर
• Form: present, 3rd, dual, parasmaipada

• भवितारौ: the two who will become / future ones
• भवितारौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: instrumental, singular

• शप्तौ: cursed (two)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual, passive, क्त (past passive participle)

• पापेन: by/with sin
• पापेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• कर्मणा: by the deed/action
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical principle that sinful action (pāpa-karma) brings binding consequences: a curse functions as a moral instrument through which wrongdoing ripens into an altered and painful future state.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that two beings are described as wolf-formed and fearsome, roaming about; their condition is explicitly linked to a curse pronounced by the speaker as retribution for a particular sinful act.