Shloka 28
Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit
Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link
दशामस्तं प्रगृह्माशु कृतमेवं भविष्यति । छिन्न मूलमनर्थानां मृते तस्मिन् भविष्यति
daśāma taṃ pragṛhyāśu kṛtam evaṃ bhaviṣyati | chinna-mūlam anarthānāṃ mṛte tasmin bhaviṣyati ||
“ಅವನನ್ನು ಬೇಗ ಹಿಡಿದು ದಂಶಿಸೋಣ; ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವನು ಸತ್ತರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಅನರ್ಥಗಳ ಬೇರು ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ.”
शेष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse illustrates how fear and perceived threat can drive counsel toward immediate, violent expedients—framing a moral problem where ‘ending the enemy’ is presented as uprooting future harm, even though such action deepens cycles of retaliation.
Among the nāgas, a proposal is voiced (attributed here to Śeṣa) to capture Janamejaya and bite him, reasoning that the king’s death would eliminate the source of their impending troubles.