Shloka 693

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

प्रसीद भगवन्‌ सोमे शापो<यं विनिवर्त्यताम्‌ । उनका वचन सुनकर देवता दक्षके पास जाकर बोले--'भगवन्‌! आप चन्द्रमापर प्रसन्न होइये और यह शाप हटा लीजिये

Transliteration

prasīda bhagavan some śāpo 'yaṁ vinivartyatām |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Be gracious, O venerable Soma. Let this curse be withdrawn.” Hearing these words, the gods approached Dakṣa and said, “O Lord, be pleased with the Moon and remove this curse.” The passage highlights the ethical force of appeasement and reconciliation: even divine conflict is resolved through humility, intercession, and the restoration of balance rather than through escalation.

Word by Word

• प्रसीद: be pleased; be gracious
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सद्
• Form: Loṭ, Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O Lord; O venerable one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सोमे: in/with regard to Soma (the Moon)
• सोमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शापः: the curse
• शापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विनिवर्त्यताम्: let it be withdrawn/removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-√वृत्
• Form: Loṭ, Imperative, 3, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive (karmani)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Soma (Candramā, the Moon)
• Dakṣa
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• Śāpa (curse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that anger and punishment (śāpa) should ultimately yield to grace (prasāda) when harmony can be restored; reconciliation through respectful appeal is presented as a dharmic resolution.

What is happening in the narrative?

An appeal is made to Soma (the Moon) to relent so that a curse may be withdrawn; the gods then approach Dakṣa, urging him to be pleased with the Moon and revoke the curse.