Shloka 62
इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः
Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas
'धनेश्वर! तुम्हारे इस दुष्टात्मा सखाने मेरी अवहेलना करके तुम्हारे देखते-देखते जो मेरा इस प्रकार तिरस्कार किया है, उसके फलस्वरूप इन समस्त सैनिकोंके साथ यह एक मनुष्यके हाथसे मारा जायगा। तुम्हारी बुद्धि खोटी हो गयी है, अतः इन सब सैनिकोंके मारे जानेपर उनके लिये दुःख उठानेके पश्चात् तुम फिर उसी मनुष्यका दर्शन करके मेरे शाप एवं पापसे छुटकारा पा सकोगे ।। सैन्यानां तु तवैतेषां पुत्रपौत्रबलान्वितम् । न शापं प्राप्यते घोरं तत् तवाज्ञां करिष्यति,“इन सैनिकोंमेंसे जो तुम्हारी आज्ञाका पालन करेगा, वह पुत्र, पौत्र तथा सेनापर लागू होनेवाले इस भयंकर शापके प्रभावसे अलग रहेगा”
dhaneśvara! tvayā dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā mamaivaṃ tiraskṛtaṃ duṣṭātmanā sakhyā avajñāya; tasya phalena eṣa ekaḥ puruṣaḥ sarvaiḥ sainyaiḥ saha ekasya puruṣasya hastena hataḥ bhaviṣyati. tava buddhiḥ khoṭī jātā; ataḥ sarveṣāṃ sainyānāṃ nihateṣu teṣāṃ kṛte duḥkham anubhūya punar eva taṃ puruṣaṃ darśayitvā mama śāpāt pāpāc ca vimokṣyase. sainyānāṃ tu tava eteṣāṃ putra-pautra-balānvitānāṃ yaḥ tava ājñāṃ kariṣyati sa ghoraṃ śāpaṃ na prāpsyati.
“Dhaneśvara! Your wicked-hearted companion has insulted me in your very presence, disregarding me and treating me with contempt. As the fruit of that act, this man will be slain by the hand of a single person, along with all these soldiers. Your judgment has become perverted; therefore, after you have endured grief for these soldiers when they are killed, you will again behold that very man and be freed from my curse and from sin. Yet among these troops—strengthened by sons, grandsons, and their fighting power—whoever obeys your command will not be touched by this dreadful curse.”
धनेश्वर उवाच