Shloka 18

Vyāsa’s Arrival at Janamejaya’s Sarpasatra; Commissioning of Vaiśaṃpāyana’s Recital (व्यासागमनम्)

Devanagari script

अहं त्वां मोक्षयिष्यामि वासुके पन्नगोत्तम । तस्माच्छापान्महास तत्त्व सत्यमेतद्‌ ब्रवीमि ते,“महान्‌ शक्तिशाली नागराज वासुके! मैं आपको माताके उस शापसे छुड़ा दूँगा। यह आपसे सत्य कहता हूँ

Transliteration

ahaṁ tvāṁ mokṣayiṣyāmi vāsuke pannagottama | tasmāc chāpān mahāsattva satyam etad bravīmi te ||

Translation

Āstīka declares to Vāsuki, the foremost of serpents, that he will deliver him from his mother’s curse. Addressing him as a great and noble being, he emphasizes that this promise is spoken in truth—an assurance grounded in righteous intent and compassionate resolve amid looming danger to the Nāgas.

Word by Word

अहम्I

त्वाम्you

मोक्षयिष्यामिI will release / free

वासुकेO Vāsuki

पन्नग-उत्तमO best of serpents

तस्मात्from that

शापात्from the curse

महासO great one

तत्त्वO true one / O reality-knower

सत्यम्truth

एतत्this

ब्रवीमिI say / I tell

तेto you

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Āstīka

Vāsuki

Nāgas (serpents)

Vāsuki’s mother (implied as the source of the curse)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes