Shloka 11
शशाप तं च संक्रुद्धो बीभत्सुर्जिह्मगामिनम् । पावको वासुदेवश्चाप्यप्रतिष्ठो भविष्यसि
śaśāpa taṃ ca saṃkruddho bībhatsur jihmagāminam | pāvako vāsudevaś cāpy apratiṣṭho bhaviṣyasi ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Dalam murka, Arjuna (Bībhatsu) menyumpah ular yang bergerak dengan niat berliku itu: “Engkau akan menjadi tanpa naungan dan tanpa tempat berpijak.” Pāvaka (Agni) dan Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) juga menyetujui kata-katanya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Crooked, deceitful aggression is portrayed as adharma that leads to loss of stability and protection; the narrative frames moral consequence as being affirmed not only by a hero’s judgment but also by divine witnesses (Agni and Kṛṣṇa).
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, angered by a serpent’s harmful, crooked behavior, utters a curse that it will become ‘apratiṣṭha’ (without standing/refuge). Agni and Kṛṣṇa explicitly endorse Arjuna’s utterance.