Shloka 19
विश्वामित्रस्य शरणागति-प्रशंसा तथा वासिष्ठपुत्र-शापः
Visvamitra grants refuge; the curse upon Vasishta’s sons
श्वमांसनियताहारा मुष्टिका नाम निर्घृणा:।विकृताश्च विरूपाश्च लोकाननुचरन्त्विमान्।।1.59.19।।
śva-māṃsa-niyatāhārā muṣṭikā nāma nirghṛṇāḥ | vikṛtāś ca virūpāś ca lokān anucarantu imān || 1.59.19 ||
သူတို့ကို သနားကြင်နာမှုမရှိသော “မုဋ္ဌိက” ဟူသောအမျိုးအစားအဖြစ် မွေးဖွားစေ။ ခွေးသားကိုသာ အစာအဖြစ် စားသောက်ရမည်ဖြစ်၍ ရုပ်ပုံပျက်ယွင်း အရုပ်ဆိုးကာ ဤလောကတို့အနှံ့ လှည့်လည်သွားလာစေ။
"O Descendant of Ikshvakus, O child, welcome. I know you as highly righteous. O eminent among kings! fear not. I offer you refuge.
FAQs
The verse frames moral downfall as a loss of human dignity across rebirths; ethically, it also serves as a warning about the destructive chain from insult to wrath to dehumanizing punishment.
The curse continues, detailing the form and condition of the offenders’ future births.
Implicitly, compassion (dayā) and restraint are the virtues absent here—highlighting what dharma requires to prevent such outcomes.