Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच शप्तो वैश्रवणेनाहं त्वत्कृते पार्थिवात्मज । गच्छेदानीं यथाकामं चर लोकान्‌ यथासुखम्‌,यक्षने कहा--राजकुमार! तुम्हारे लिये ही यक्षराजने मुझे शाप दे दिया है; अत: अब जाओ, इच्छानुसार सारे जगतमें सुखपूर्वक विचरो

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca śapto vaiśravaṇenāhaṁ tvatkṛte pārthivātmaja | gacchedānīṁ yathākāmaṁ cara lokān yathāsukham ||

Translation

Yakṣa itu berkata: “Wahai putera raja, kerana engkaulah Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) telah menyumpah aku. Maka sekarang pergilah menurut kehendakmu; jelajahilah segala alam dengan sekehendak hati, dan hiduplah dalam kesenangan.”

Word by Word

यक्षःthe Yaksha

उवाचsaid

शप्तःcursed

वैश्रवणेनby Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)

अहम्I

त्वत्कृतेfor your sake

पार्थिवात्मजO son of a king (prince)

गच्छgo

इदानीम्now

यथाकामम्as you wish

चरroam, move about

लोकान्worlds/realms

यथासुखम्at ease, happily

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

य

यक्ष (Yakṣa)

व

वैश्रवण (Vaiśravaṇa/Kubera)

प

पार्थिवात्मज (the prince addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how actions and relationships can draw others into the consequences of higher authority (a curse), and it frames release as an ethical restoration: once the purpose is fulfilled, the affected party is permitted to proceed freely and peacefully.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Yakṣa addresses a prince, explaining that Kubera (Vaiśravaṇa) had cursed him because of the prince’s involvement. The Yakṣa then grants the prince leave to depart and roam the worlds according to his own wish, in comfort.