Shloka 10

Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit

Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link

Devanagari script

सौतिरुवाच तथेत्युक्त्वा तत: सर्वे काद्रवेया: समागता: । समयं चक्रिरे तत्र मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारदा:

Transliteration

Sautir uvāca: tathety uktvā tataḥ sarve kādraveyāḥ samāgatāḥ | samayaṃ cakrire tatra mantrabuddhiviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

サウティは語った。「然り」と答えるや、カドゥルの子らは皆集い来た。そこで彼らは、策謀と政道の議に通じた者として盟約を結び、行動の筋道を定めた――熟議と戦略の知によって、共同の決意が鍛え上げられるさまを示したのである。

Word by Word

• सूतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सूतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• तथा: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काद्रवेयाः: sons/descendants of Kadru (the Nāgas)
• काद्रवेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काद्रवेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागताः: assembled; gathered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समयम्: agreement; compact; resolve
• समयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रिरे: made; formed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारदाः: skilled in counsel and intelligence; expert in deliberation
• मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Kadru
• Kādraveyāḥ (the Nāgas/serpents)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how decisive action—especially in morally charged situations—often begins with assent, assembly, and deliberate counsel. It underscores the ethical weight of collective agreements (samaya) formed through strategic intelligence (mantra-buddhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Sauti reports that the Kādraveyāḥ (serpents, sons of Kadru) respond “so be it,” gather together, and then establish an agreement/plan through skilled deliberation.