Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कारणं श्रुतमस्माभि: शापश्चैव श्रुतो5नघे । करिष्यन्ति तु यत्‌ प्राप्त सर्व एव तपोधना:,“निष्पाप सरस्वती! हमने शाप और उसका कारण सुन लिया। ये सभी तपोधन इस विषयमें समयोचित कर्तव्यका पालन करेंगे”

Transliteration

kāraṇaṃ śrutam asmābhiḥ śāpaś caiva śruto 'naghe | kariṣyanti tu yat prāptaṃ sarva eva tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O blameless one, we have heard the cause, and we have also heard the curse. All these ascetics, rich in austerity, will now do what the occasion demands—acting in the fitting way in response to what has come to pass.”

Word by Word

कारणम्cause, reason

श्रुतम्heard

अस्माभिःby us

शापःcurse

चand

एवindeed, also

श्रुतःheard

अनघेO sinless one

करिष्यन्तिthey will do

तुbut, indeed

यत्what, that which

प्राप्तम्has come to pass; has been obtained; is appropriate/arrived

सर्वेall

एवindeed, certainly

तपोधनाःascetics (whose wealth is austerity)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

anaghe (addressed person; unnamed in this verse)

tapodhanāḥ (ascetics)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the cause and the moral weight of an event (here, a curse and its origin) are understood, the proper response is timely, fitting action aligned with dharma—especially by those disciplined through tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana states that the listeners have understood both the reason behind a curse and the curse itself, and that the assembled ascetics will now undertake the appropriate course of action demanded by the situation.