Shloka 24

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

अकार्षी: समय भ्रंशमावाभ्यां य: कृतो मिथ: । शप्स्ये तस्मात्‌ सुसंक़्रुद्धों भवन्तं तं निबोध मे

Transliteration

akārṣīḥ samaya-bhraṁśam āvabhyāṁ yaḥ kṛto mithaḥ | śapsye tasmāt susaṅkruddho bhavantaṁ taṁ nibodha me |

Translation

നമ്മുടെ ഇടയിൽ പരസ്പരം ചെയ്ത കരാർ നീ ലംഘിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ ആ ലംഘനത്തിന്റെ പേരിൽ ഞാൻ അത്യന്തം ക്രോധത്തോടെ ഉച്ചരിക്കുന്ന ശാപം കേട്ട് മനസ്സിലാക്കുക.

Word by Word

• अकार्षीः: you did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• समय: agreement, compact
• समय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भ्रंशम्: breach, violation
• भ्रंशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रंश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आवाभ्याम्: by us two / between us two
• आवाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: तृतीया, द्विवचन

• यः: which/that (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृतः: made, done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मिथः: mutually, with each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथस्

• शप्स्ये: I shall curse
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (शापने)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• सुसंक्रुद्धः: very enraged
• सुसंक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + संक्रुद्ध (क्रुध्-धातु से)
• Form: क्त (P.P.P. as adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवन्तम्: you (honorific), to you
• भवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तम्: that (curse)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निबोध: know, understand, heed
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (अवगमने) उपसर्ग: नि
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (speaker)
• the addressed person (bhavantam; unnamed in this verse)
• samaya (the mutual agreement/compact)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of a samaya (mutual agreement): violating a pledged condition is treated as a serious moral fault that invites consequences, even when the offender is otherwise revered.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa addresses someone respectfully yet sternly, accusing them of breaking a mutual compact; in anger, he announces that he is about to pronounce a curse and asks the person to listen carefully.