Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 37
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
किं वा ते बहुनोक्तेन मा त्वं नाशं नराधिप गच्छस्व शुक्रशापेन सभृत्यज्ञातिबान्धवः
kiṃ vā te bahunoktena mā tvaṃ nāśaṃ narādhipa gacchasva śukraśāpena sabhṛtyajñātibāndhavaḥ
ប៉ុន្តែតើមានប្រយោជន៍អ្វីក្នុងការនិយាយច្រើន? ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃមនុស្ស កុំឲ្យទៅដល់វិនាសឡើយ—កុំឲ្យដោយសាបព្រាបរបស់សុក្ររ (Śukra) អ្នកក្លាយជាអ្នកខ្វះអ្នកបម្រើ សាច់ញាតិ និងមិត្តភក្តិ។
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FAQs
Śukra (Uśanas) is the famed guru of the Daityas/Asuras, portrayed across Purāṇas as possessing formidable tapas and mantra-knowledge. A ‘śāpa’ from such a figure functions as an irreversible narrative force that can strip a king of support systems—army, allies, and kin.
It lists the social pillars of kingship: retainers (administrative/military), kin (dynastic backing), and allies/friends (political networks). The curse threatens not merely personal suffering but total collapse of sovereignty and social standing.
All three: morally it urges restraint; politically it warns of losing one’s base of power; supernaturally it invokes the Purāṇic principle that adharma or transgression against a potent sage/ācārya triggers catastrophic consequences.