Shloka 5

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

त॑ समुत्थापयामास नृपतिं काममोहितम्‌ | भूतलाद भूमिपालेशं पितेव पतितं सुतम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ samutthāpayāmāsa nṛpatiṁ kāmamohitam | bhūtalād bhūmipāleśaṁ pitevā patitaṁ sutam ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം കാമമോഹിതനായ ആ രാജാവിനെ എഴുന്നേൽപ്പിച്ചു. ഭൂമിപാലേശനെ അദ്ദേഹം നിലത്തു നിന്നു, പിതാവ് വീണുപോയ മകനെ ഉയർത്തുന്നതുപോലെ, ഉയർത്തി.

Word by Word

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुत्थापयामास: raised up
• समुत्थापयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (causative: समुत्थापयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नृपतिम्: the king
• नृपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• काममोहितम्: deluded by desire
• काममोहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-मोहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूतलात्: from the ground
• भूतलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भूमिपालेशम्: the lord of kings (overlord)
• भूमिपालेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि-पाल-ईश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पिता: a father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva (speaker)
• King (nṛpati / bhūmipāleśa; identified in the given context as Saṁvaraṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked desire (kāma) can overpower even a king, causing loss of composure; yet compassionate intervention—likened to a father’s care—restores dignity and steadiness, implying the ethical need for self-control and supportive guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva physically lifts the king up from the ground after he has collapsed in a swoon due to passion and delusion, treating him with paternal tenderness and thereby easing the worry of those attending him.