Shloka 19

Devanagari script

चिन्तयामासुरव्यग्रा: सुकृतं हि नृपस्य तत्‌ । अनेनास्मत्कृते राज्ञा शाप: प्राप्तो महात्मना,उस समय भी भगवान्‌ नारायणकी आज्ञासे उनकी स्मरणशक्ति उन्हें छोड़ न सकी। इधर सब देवता एकत्र होकर राजाको शापसे छुटकारा दिलानेका उपाय सोचने लगे। वे शान्तभावसे परस्पर बोले--'राजाने तो पुण्य-ही-पुण्य किया है। उन महात्मा नरेशको हमारे कारणसे ही यह शाप प्राप्त हुआ है

Transliteration

cintayāmāsur avyagrāḥ sukṛtaṃ hi nṛpasya tat | anenāsmat-kṛte rājñā śāpaḥ prāpto mahātmanā ||

Translation

ビーシュマは語った。諸天は心を乱さず、その王のまことに功徳に満ちた行いを思い巡らした。そして「われらのゆえに、この大いなる魂の王は呪いを受けたのだ」と認め、いかにしてそれを解くかを評議した――その間も、主ナーラーヤナの御命により、彼の記憶の力は失われなかった。

Word by Word

चिन्तयामासुःthey pondered/considered

आमासुःthey were (auxiliary in periphrastic perfect)

अव्यग्राःunagitated, calm

सुकृतम्good deed/merit

हिindeed, for

नृपस्यof the king

तत्that (deed/merit)

अनेनby this; because of this

अस्मत्कृतेon our account; for our sake

राज्ञाby the king

शापःa curse

प्राप्तःobtained/has come (upon)

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

devatāḥ (the gods)

nṛpa/rājā (the king)

Nārāyaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a person acts righteously and earns merit, suffering may arise due to complex causes beyond the individual; those who contribute to another’s hardship bear responsibility to seek remedy, and divine order can sustain inner faculties (like memory) amid trials.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods gather and calmly deliberate, recognizing the king’s virtuous conduct and admitting that, because of their involvement, a curse has fallen upon the great-souled king; they consider how to release him from that curse, while Nārāyaṇa’s command ensures his remembrance remains intact.