Shloka 15
Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit
Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link
दर्शयन्तो बहून् दोषानू प्रेत्य चेह च दारुणान् । हेतुभि: कारणैश्वैव यथा यज्ञो भवेन्न सः,“हम युक्तियों और कारणोंद्वारा यह दिखायेंगे कि उस यज्ञसे इहलोक और परलोकमें अनेक भयंकर दोष प्राप्त होंगे; इससे वह यज्ञ होगा ही नहीं
darśayanto bahūn doṣān pretya ceha ca dāruṇān | hetubhiḥ kāraṇaiś caiva yathā yajño bhaven na saḥ ||
Śeṣa said: “By sound reasoning and clear causes we will demonstrate that this sacrifice would bring many dreadful faults—both in this world and after death. Shown thus to be ethically and practically ruinous, it cannot truly stand as a valid yajña.”
शेष उवाच
Educational Q&A
That an act called a yajña must be evaluated by its consequences and moral coherence: if it produces grave harms in this life and the next, reasoned analysis can show it is not a legitimate dharmic sacrifice.
Śeṣa declares an intention to refute a proposed yajña by presenting logical reasons and causal arguments, emphasizing that the undertaking would lead to severe faults both here and after death, and therefore should not proceed as a true sacrifice.