Shloka 37

Devanagari script

त्वयाहं प्रथमं शप्तो वानरस्त्वं भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tvayāhaṃ prathamaṃ śapto vānaras tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Translation

“Engkaulah yang mula-mula menyumpah aku; maka engkau akan menjadi seekor monyet.”

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Tritiya (Instrumental), Ekavacana

• अहम्: me / I
• अहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Prathama (Nominative), Ekavacana

• प्रथमम्: first / at first
• प्रथमम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective/Adverb
• Root: प्रथम
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitiya (Accusative), Ekavacana

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: Pum, Prathama (Nominative), Ekavacana, क्त (past passive participle)

• वानरः: a monkey
• वानरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर
• Form: Pum, Prathama (Nominative), Ekavacana

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Prathama (Nominative), Ekavacana

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), Madhyama, Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• vānarāḥ (monkey-kind)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral causality in speech: initiating a harmful curse is not ethically neutral, and the agent becomes bound to consequences that can return upon them. It cautions restraint, responsibility, and dharmic discipline in words and intentions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa addresses someone who had earlier cursed him, stating that because the other person was the first to cast the curse, that person will undergo a transformative consequence—becoming a monkey—presented as a direct result of the prior act.