Shloka 3136

Devanagari script

मानुषत्वमनुप्राप्तो नैने शोचितुमरहसि । 'शोभने! ये महातेजस्वी वसु थे, वसिष्ठजीके शाप-दोषसे इन्हें मनुष्य-योनिमें आना पड़ा था। अतः इनके लिये शोक नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

mānuṣatvam anuprāpto naine śocitum arhasi | śobhane ye mahātejasvī vasavaḥ te vasiṣṭhajī-śāpa-doṣeṇa manuṣya-yoniṃ prāptāḥ | ataḥ eteṣāṃ kṛte śoko na kartavyaḥ |

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଏବେ ସେମାନେ ମାନବତ୍ୱକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି; ତେଣୁ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଶୋକ କରିବା ତୁମ ପାଇଁ ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ। ହେ ଶୋଭନେ, ସେଇ ମହାତେଜସ୍ୱୀ ବସୁମାନେ ବସିଷ୍ଠଙ୍କ ଶାପଜନିତ ଦୋଷରେ ବାଧ୍ୟ ହୋଇ ମାନବ-ଯୋନିକୁ ଆସିଥିଲେ; ତେଣୁ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ନିମିତ୍ତେ ଶୋକ ଉଚିତ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• मानुषत्वम्: human state/condition
• मानुषत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुषत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्तः: having attained/come to
• अनुप्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used actively)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एनान्: these (persons)
• एनान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शोचितुम्: to grieve (for)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vasus
• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief should be tempered by understanding causality (karma and śāpa): when suffering or an unwanted condition arises from a prior fault and its consequence, lamentation is portrayed as inappropriate; one should respond with discernment and acceptance aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana consoles a woman addressed as “Śobhane,” explaining that the radiant Vasus have taken human birth because of Vasiṣṭha’s curse; since their human incarnation is a consequence of that curse, she is advised not to mourn for them.