Shloka 21

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra

Devanagari script

अब्रवीद्धि स मां क्रुद्धस्तव पूर्वपितामह: । मूत्रश्लेष्माशन: पाप निरयं प्रतिपत्स्यसे

Transliteration

abravīd dhi sa māṁ kruddhas tava pūrva-pitāmahaḥ | mūtra-śleṣmāśanaḥ pāpa nirayaṁ pratipatsyase ||

Translation

နာရဒက ပြောသည်– «ထိုအခါ သင်၏ ရှေးဘိုးဘွားကြီးသည် ဒေါသထွက်၍ ငါ့အား ဤသို့ဆို၏– ‘အပြစ်သားရေ! သင်သည် နရကသို့ ကျရောက်မည်၊ ဆီးနှင့် ချွဲကို စားသောက်သော ပိုးကောင်အဖြစ် ဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်’ ဟု»

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पूर्वपितामहः: former/earlier grandfather (ancestor)
• पूर्वपितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मूत्रश्लेष्माशनः: one who eats urine and phlegm/saliva
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूत्रश्लेष्माशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पाप: O sinner/wicked one
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• निरयम्: hell
• निरयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रतिपत्स्यसे: you will go/attain (fall into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (साधारणभविष्यत्), मध्यम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• pūrva-pitāmaha (forefather)
• Niraya (hell)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights karmic retribution expressed through a curse: moral failure is portrayed as leading to a degraded state of existence and suffering (niraya), underscoring the ethical weight of conduct and the consequences of being deemed pāpa (sinful).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada recounts a past incident in which the listener’s forefather, angered, pronounces a curse upon Nārada, declaring that he will fall into hell and take on a loathsome form—a worm that feeds on impure substances.