Shloka 25
Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit
Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link
अपरे त्वब्रुवंस्तत्र ऋत्विजो5स्य भवामहे । यज्ञविघ्नं करिष्यामो दीयतां दक्षिणा इति
apare tv abruvaṃs tatra ṛtvijo ’sya bhavāmahe | yajñavighnaṃ kariṣyāmo dīyatāṃ dakṣiṇā iti
အခြားသူတို့က ထိုနေရာ၌ ကြေညာကြသည်– «ငါတို့သည် သူ၏ ယဇ်ဆောင်ရွက်သော ရိတ്വိဇ်များ ဖြစ်သည်။ ယဇ်ကို အတားအဆီး ဖြစ်စေမည်—ထို့ကြောင့် ဒက္ခိဏာ (ယဇ်ခ) ကို ပေးလော့»။
शेष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse cautions against exploiting sacred roles for personal gain: when ritual specialists threaten to disrupt a yajña unless paid, dharma is inverted—duty becomes coercion, and religious authority becomes a tool of greed.
A group of priests present at the scene assert that they are the officiants for the sacrifice and threaten to create a ritual obstruction (yajñavighna) unless the dakṣiṇā (fee/gift) is handed over.