Shloka 64

Adhyaya 7 — Harishchandra Tested by Vishvamitra: The Gift of the Kingdom and the Pandava Curse-Backstory

Sanskrit

पक्षिण ऊचुः इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा कौशिकोऽतिरुषान्वितः ।

शशाप तान् मनुष्यत्वं सर्वे यूयमवाप्स्यथ ॥

Transliteration

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kauśiko ’tiruṣānvitaḥ | śaśāpa tān manuṣyatvaṃ sarve yūyam avāpsyatha ||

Translation

鳥たちは言った。彼らの言葉を聞くや、激しい怒りに圧倒されたカウシカ（Kauśika）は彼らを呪って言った。「汝らは皆、人間の身に至れ。」

Speakers

• The Birds (Dharmapakṣīs) narrating; Kauśika as the agent of the curse within the episode

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Karma and consequences
• Anger (krodha) and misuse of ascetic power
• Śāpa (curse) as narrative mechanism