Shloka 3
Dialogue with the Parrot-Sage: Lineage, Ignorance, and the Vow of Learning
किं वा देवोऽथ गंधर्वः किं वा विद्याधरो भवान् । कस्य शापादिमां प्राप्तो योनिं कीरस्य पातकीम्
kiṃ vā devo'tha gaṃdharvaḥ kiṃ vā vidyādharo bhavān | kasya śāpādimāṃ prāpto yoniṃ kīrasya pātakīm
តើអ្នកជាទេវតា ឬជាគន្ធರ್ವ ឬជាវិទ្យាធរ? ដោយសារពាក្យសាបរបស់អ្នកណា ទើបអ្នកធ្លាក់មកកាន់យោនីដ៏បាបជានកសេក (តោតា) នេះ?
Unspecified (context-dependent interlocutor addressing the parrot)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: देवोऽथ = देवः + अथ; शापादिमाम् = शापात् + इमाम्; (प्राप्तो = प्राप्तः, पदान्ते ओ-आदेशः)
FAQs
The speaker questions the parrot about its true former identity—god, Gandharva, or Vidyādhara—and asks which curse caused it to take birth as a parrot.
It reflects the Purāṇic idea that a fall into a lower or restricted embodiment can occur due to a śāpa (curse), often intertwined with one’s past actions and moral lapses.
It highlights accountability: even exalted beings may suffer consequences—social, spiritual, or embodied—when they incur blameworthy actions or offend a powerful sage or deity.