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Shloka 14

अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion

सेयमाभ्यन्तरा तुभ्यमापत्‌ कृच्छा स्वकर्मजा । अक्रूरभोजप्रभवा सर्वे होते त्ववन्वया:

seyam ābhyantarā tubhyam āpat kṛcchrā svakarmajā | akrūra-bhoja-prabhavā sarve hote tv-avanvayāḥ ||

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നിനക്കു വന്ന ഈ ദുഃഖകരമായ ആപത്ത് ആഭ്യന്തരമാണ്; നിന്റെ തന്നെ കർമത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ചതാണ്. ഇത് അക്രൂരനും ഭോജനുമുതലായവരിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; നീ പേരെടുത്തവരെല്ലാം നിന്റെ തന്നെ വംശക്കാരാണ്.

साshe/that (f.)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इयम्this (f.)
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
आभ्यन्तराinternal, arising from within
आभ्यन्तरा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआभ्यन्तर
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
आपत्calamity, misfortune
आपत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआपद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृच्छाpainful, distressing
कृच्छा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृच्छ्र
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्वकर्मजाborn of one’s own deeds
स्वकर्मजा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वकर्मज
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अक्रूरभोजप्रभवाarising from Akrura and Bhoja
अक्रूरभोजप्रभवा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्रूर-भोज-प्रभव
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हन्तेindeed!, alas!, lo!
हन्ते:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहन्ते
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
अन्वयाःdescendants, of the lineage
अन्वयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्वय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
A
Akrūra
B
Bhoja

Educational Q&A

The verse stresses moral responsibility: suffering can be ‘internal’—arising from one’s own actions and one’s own family line—so blame should not be projected outward; one must recognize karma and take accountability.

Nārada addresses a ruler/leader facing turmoil and explains that the distress is not an external invasion but a crisis generated within the person’s own lineage, tracing its origin to figures such as Akrūra and Bhoja and emphasizing that those involved are of the same family line.