Shloka 96
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
तस्मात् त्वं किल्बिषी धर्म शूद्रयोनौ जनिष्यसि । तेन शापेन धर्मोडपि शूद्रयोनावजायत,(तुमने मुझे शूलीपर चढ़वाकर वही पाप किया है) इसलिये तुम पापी हो। अतः पृथ्वीपर शूद्रकी योनिमें तुम्हें जन्म लेना पड़ेगा।/ अणीमाण्डव्यके उस शापसे धर्म भी शूद्रकी योनिमें उत्पन्न हुए
tasmāt tvaṃ kilbiṣī dharma śūdrayonau janiṣyasi | tena śāpena dharmo 'pi śūdrayonāv ajāyata ||
ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಓ ಧರ್ಮಾ! ನೀ ಪಾಪದಿಂದ ಕಲಂಕಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದೀಯ; ನೀ ಶೂದ್ರಯೋನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಆ ಶಾಪದ ಫಲದಿಂದಲೇ—ನೀನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಶೂಲಕ್ಕೆ ಏರಿಸಿ ಅದೇ ಅಪರಾಧ ಮಾಡಿದ ಕಾರಣ—ಧರ್ಮನೂ ಶೂದ್ರಯೋನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸಿದನು.
दाश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even an authority associated with justice is accountable for harm done through wrongful judgment; ethical failure brings consequences, and a curse functions here as a moral mechanism linking action to result.
The speaker condemns Dharma for causing his impalement and declares a curse: Dharma must take birth in a Śūdra womb. The verse also notes the outcome—Dharma indeed becomes incarnate through such a birth (traditionally connected with Dharma’s later birth as Vidura).