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Shloka 62

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

समाप्तयज्ञो राजापि प्रजां पालितवान्‌ वसु: । ब्रह्मशापाद दिवो भ्रष्ट: प्रविवेश महीं तत:

samāptayajño rājāpi prajāṃ pālitavān vasuḥ | brahmaśāpād divo bhraṣṭaḥ praviveśa mahīṃ tataḥ |

ယဇ်ကို ပြီးစီးပြီးနောက် ဘုရင် ဝစု (Vasu) သည် ပြည်သူတို့ကို ဆက်လက်ကာကွယ်အုပ်ချုပ်하였다။ သို့သော် ဗြာဟ္မဏ၏ ကျိန်စာကြောင့် ကောင်းကင်ဘုံမှ ကျဆင်းရပြီး၊ ထို့နောက် မြေကြီးအတွင်းသို့ ဝင်ကာ အောက်မြေအလွှာသို့ နစ်မြုပ်သွား하였다။

समाप्तयज्ञःhaving completed the sacrifice
समाप्तयज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाप्त-यज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso/indeed
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
प्रजाम्the subjects
प्रजाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पालितवान्protected/ruled
पालितवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootपाल्
FormPerfect (periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Masculine
वसुःVasu (name of the king)
वसुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवसु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मशापात्from a brahmin's curse
ब्रह्मशापात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म-शाप
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
FormFeminine, Ablative, Singular
भ्रष्टःfallen (down)
भ्रष्टः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रंश्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रविवेशentered
प्रविवेश:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
महीम्the earth
महीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमही
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः

देव उवाच

V
Vasu (King Vasu)
H
heaven (divaḥ)
E
earth (mahī)
B
brahmin/sage (implied by brahmaśāpa)
R
Rasātala (subterranean realm; implied by the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

Ritual merit and good governance do not exempt one from moral causality: a brahminical curse (representing the power of tapas and dharma) can overturn even a successful king’s heavenly status, emphasizing accountability and the inevitability of consequences.

The speaker states that King Vasu, after finishing a sacrifice, ruled and protected his people; later, because of a brahmin’s curse, he fell from heaven and entered the earth, understood in the tradition as sinking into the subterranean region (Rasātala).