Shloka 64
Adhyaya 7 — Harishchandra Tested by Vishvamitra: The Gift of the Kingdom and the Pandava Curse-Backstory
पक्षिण ऊचुः इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा कौशिकोऽतिरुषान्वितः ।
शशाप तान् मनुष्यत्वं सर्वे यूयमवाप्स्यथ ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kauśiko ’tiruṣānvitaḥ | śaśāpa tān manuṣyatvaṃ sarve yūyam avāpsyatha ||
Burung-burung itu berkata: Setelah mendengar ucapan mereka, Kauśika, dikuasai amarah yang menyala, mengutuk: “Kalian semua akan menjadi manusia.”
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FAQs
The verse highlights how anger can distort judgment even in the powerful: speech heard in a charged moment leads to a curse that imposes a new condition of life. It cautions that tapas or authority without self-restraint becomes ethically dangerous, and that karmic consequences can be precipitated by impulsive reactions.
This is primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-type narration (accounts of persons and episodes) used as a dharma-instructional frame, rather than Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara proper. It supports dharma teaching through exemplary narrative.
“Manuṣyatva” can be read symbolically as descent into the realm where choice, suffering, and moral testing intensify. The curse functions as a forced embodiment—an initiatory constraint—through which beings must work out insight and dharma in the human condition, turning a punitive act into a potential path of learning.