Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वायुकिरुवाच अयं शापो यथोद्दिष्टो विदितं वस्तथानघा: । तस्य शापस्य मोक्षार्थ मन्त्रयित्वा यतामहे,वासुकि बोले--निष्पाप नागगण! माताने हमें जिस प्रकार यह शाप दिया है, वह सब आपलोगोंको विदित ही है। उस शापसे छूटनेके लिये क्या उपाय हो सकता है? इसके विषयमें सलाह करके हम सब लोगोंको उसके लिये प्रयत्न करना चाहिये। सब शापोंका प्रतीकार सम्भव है, परंतु जो माताके शापसे ग्रस्त हैं, उनके छूटनेका कोई उपाय नहीं है

Transliteration

vāyukir uvāca: ayaṁ śāpo yathoddiṣṭo viditaṁ vaḥ tathānaghāḥ | tasya śāpasya mokṣārthaṁ mantrayitvā yatāmahe ||

Translation

Vāyuki said: “This curse, as it has been pronounced, is already known to you, O blameless ones. Therefore, to obtain release from that curse, let us deliberate together and strive for a remedy.”

Word by Word

वासुकिःVasuki

उवाचsaid

अयम्this

शापःcurse

यथाas, in the manner that

उद्दिष्टःdeclared, specified

विदितम्known

वःto you / of you (pl.)

तथाthus, so

अनघाःO sinless ones

तस्यof that

शापस्यof the curse

मोक्षार्थम्for the sake of release

मन्त्रयित्वाhaving consulted, after deliberating

यतामहेwe strive, we endeavor

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyuki

Nāgas (serpent clan, implied by vocative anaghāḥ)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When faced with a grave moral-spiritual crisis (a śāpa), one should respond with collective deliberation (mantra) and disciplined effort (yatna), seeking a righteous means of relief rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

A leader among the Nāgas addresses the serpent community, reminding them that the curse is known to all and urging them to consult together to find a way to be freed from it.