Shloka 5
Damayantī’s Recognition by the Piplū Mark and Her Return to Vidarbha
मया प्रलब्धो ब्रह्मर्षिनरिद: सुमहातपा: । तेन मन्युपरीतेन शप्तो5स्मि मनुजाधिप
mayā pralabdho brahmarṣir naridaḥ sumahātapāḥ | tena manyuparītena śapto 'smi manujādhipa ||
“ഞാൻ അതിമഹാതപസ്വിയായ ബ്രഹ്മർഷി നാരദനെ വഞ്ചിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ കോപാവേശത്തിലായ അദ്ദേഹം എന്നെ ശപിച്ചു, ഹേ മനുജാധിപാ.”
ब॒हदश्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deceit toward the virtuous—especially those endowed with tapas—invites serious consequences. The verse underscores ethical restraint in speech and conduct, and the moral weight carried by actions done in arrogance or play that harm others.
Bṛhadaśva explains to the king that he once deceived the sage Nārada. Nārada, angered by this offense, cursed him—setting the background for why Bṛhadaśva is in his present condition and why he recounts this episode.