Shloka 39

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

अयं तु यत्कृते यूयं मया शप्ता: स वत्स्यति । द्यौस्तदा मानुषे लोके दीर्घकालं स्वकर्मणा,'किंतु यह द्यो, जिसके कारण तुम सबको शाप मिला है, मनुष्यलोकमें अपने कर्मानुसार दीर्घकालतक निवास करेगा

Transliteration

ayaṃ tu yatkṛte yūyaṃ mayā śaptāḥ sa vatsyati | dyaus tadā mānuṣe loke dīrghakālaṃ svakarmaṇā ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “But he for whose sake you were cursed by me—Dyaus—shall then dwell in the world of humans for a long time, in accordance with his own deeds.”

Word by Word

अयम्this (one)

तुbut/indeed

यत्which/that (thing)

कृतेfor the sake of; on account of

यूयम्you (all)

मयाby me

शप्ताःcursed

सःhe/that one

वत्स्यतिwill dwell/live

द्यौःDyauḥ (the deity Dyau/Heaven)

तदाthen

मानुषेin the human

लोकेworld

दीर्घकालम्a long time

स्वकर्मणाby his own deed(s); according to his own karma

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Dyaus

mānuṣa-loka (human world)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 underscores moral causality: even a divine being must undergo the consequences of actions. The duration and mode of life in the human realm are framed as determined by one’s own karma, not merely by external decree.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana explains the outcome of a curse: the one responsible for the others being cursed—Dyaus—will live in the human world for a long period, experiencing a human sojourn shaped by his own deeds.