Shloka 14
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
कस्य शापादियं प्राप्ता भवद्भिर्विक्रिया परा ।
रूपस्य वचसश्चैव तन्मे वक्तुमिहार्हथ ॥
kasya śāpād iyaṃ prāptā bhavadbhir vikriyā parā /
rūpasya vacasaś caiva tan me vaktum ihārhatha //
ആരുടെ ശാപം കൊണ്ടാണ് നിനക്ക് രൂപത്തിലും വാക്കിലും ഇത്തരമൊരു അത്ഭുതപരമായ മാറ്റം സംഭവിച്ചത്? ദയവായി ഇവിടെ എനിക്ക് അത് യഥാർത്ഥമായി പറയുക।
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds the Purāṇic ethic that unusual states (especially transformations affecting one’s body and speech) are not random but arise from prior causes—often framed as karma or a śāpa. It also models dharmic inquiry: the seeker asks respectfully, aiming to understand causality rather than merely judge appearances.
This verse primarily belongs to the narrative frame that supports Purāṇic instruction rather than directly to sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita. Indirectly, it serves vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling mechanics (personal histories and causes) that lead into didactic material.
‘Form and speech’ symbolize outer identity and inner expression. A ‘curse’ can be read esoterically as the binding force of past actions (saṃskāra/karma) that constrains both embodiment (rūpa) and articulation (vāk). The request to disclose the cause implies that liberation begins with right knowledge of the binding condition.