Shloka 41
Śāpaprāpti (Receiving a Curse) — Mohinī Narrative
उवाच सा निरानन्दा पतिहीनातिदुःखिता । धिगिदं जीवितं मह्यं येन कार्यं न साधितम् ॥ ४१ ॥
uvāca sā nirānandā patihīnātiduḥkhitā | dhigidaṃ jīvitaṃ mahyaṃ yena kāryaṃ na sādhitam || 41 ||
នាងបាននិយាយ ដោយគ្មានអានន្ទៈ និងទុក្ខសោកខ្លាំង ព្រោះខ្វះប្តីថា៖ «អាសូរជីវិតខ្ញុំ! ជីវិតនេះគួរត្រូវស្តីបន្ទោស ព្រោះមិនអាចសម្រេចគោលបំណងបាន»។
A sorrow-stricken woman (unnamed in this verse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It portrays intense lament born of loss and unfulfilled duty, setting up the Purana’s recurring move from worldly despair (duḥkha) toward a remedial dharmic/spiritual course—often through vrata, tīrtha-sevā, and remembrance of Bhagavān.
Though bhakti is not named here, the emotional collapse shown in the verse is the narrative ground from which surrender (śaraṇāgati) and turning the mind toward the Lord commonly arises in Purāṇic storytelling—transforming grief into God-oriented seeking.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this line; it functions as narrative psychology that typically precedes instruction on dharma—such as appropriate rites (Kalpa) or vows (vrata) in the surrounding context.