Shloka 17
Ulūpī’s Disclosure and the Saṃjīvana-Maṇi: Arjuna’s Restoration (उलूपी-प्रकटनं संजीवनमणि-स्थापनं च)
पुत्रस्तस्य महाभाग मणिपूरेश्वरो युवा,“महाभाग नागराज! मणिपुरका नवयुवक राजा बश्रुवाहन अर्जुनका पुत्र है। वह युद्ध- भूमिमें खड़ा होकर अपने बाणोंद्वारा जब उन्हें पृथ्वीपर गिरा देगा, तब अर्जुन हमारे शापसे मुक्त हो जायूँगे
putras tasya mahābhāga maṇipūreśvaro yuvā | mahābhāga nāgarāja! maṇipurasya navayuvā rājā babhruvāhanaḥ arjunasya putraḥ | sa yuddhabhūmau sthitvā svabāṇaiḥ yadā taṃ pṛthivyāṃ pātayiṣyati, tadā arjunaḥ asmākaṃ śāpāt mukto bhaviṣyati ||
Arjuna said: “O noble one, his son is the youthful lord of Maṇipura. O great Nāga-king! The young ruler of Maṇipura, Babhruvāhana, is Arjuna’s son. When, standing on the battlefield, he strikes Arjuna down to the earth with his arrows, then Arjuna will be released from our curse.”
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how consequences (such as a curse) may be resolved through a destined, dharma-aligned event: a kṣatriya encounter in which even a revered hero must accept defeat when it serves a higher moral and narrative order.
Arjuna identifies the youthful ruler of Maṇipura, Babhruvāhana, as his own son and states that when Babhruvāhana brings Arjuna down in battle with his arrows, Arjuna will be freed from the curse afflicting him.