Shloka 27
अहल्याशापवर्णनम्
The Account of Ahalyā’s Curse and the Deserted Hermitage near Mithilā
मम रूपं समास्थाय कृतवानसि दुर्मते।।।।अकर्तव्यमिदं तस्माद्विफलस्त्वं भविष्यसि।
mama rūpaṃ samāsthāya kṛtavān asi durmate |
akartavyam idaṃ tasmād viphalaḥ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi ||
“အကြံဆိုးသူရေ! ငါ့ရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်ကို ယူဆောင်ကာ မလုပ်သင့်သည့် အမှုကို လုပ်ခဲ့သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် သင်သည် ‘အသီးမဖြစ်သူ’—ယောကျ်ားသတ္တိ ပျောက်ကွယ်၍ အကျိုးမဲ့သူ ဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။”
"O Wicked natured one! assuming my form you have done a forbidden act. For that reason you shall be devoid of scrotum.
FAQs
Dharma asserts proportional consequence for deceit and violation of another’s household: impersonation and forbidden acts invite immediate moral retribution.
Gautama confronts Indra, who had taken Gautama’s appearance to approach Ahalyā, and pronounces a curse.
Gautama’s commitment to truth and moral order—he identifies the deception and enforces consequence.