Shloka 52
इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः
Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas
युधिछिर उवाच कथं शप्तो5सि भगवन्नगस्त्येन महात्मना । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं देव तवैतच्छापकारणम्,युधिषछ्िरने पूछा--भगवन्! महात्मा अगस्त्यने आपको कैसे शाप दे दिया? देव! आपको शाप मिलनेका क्या कारण है? यह मैं सुनना चाहता हूँ
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kathaṁ śapto 'si bhagavan Agastyena mahātmanā? śrotum icchāmy ahaṁ deva tava etac chāpa-kāraṇam.
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O venerable one, how did the great-souled sage Agastya come to curse you? O divine being, I wish to hear the reason for this curse of yours.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models dharmic inquiry: before judging a person marked by misfortune (a curse), one should seek the underlying cause. It highlights moral accountability—actions and their consequences are to be understood through careful questioning rather than assumption.
Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully addresses a divine/venerable figure and asks to hear the backstory: how the sage Agastya cursed him and what circumstances led to that curse, setting up an explanatory tale in the following verses.