तच्छ्रुत्वा कोपमापन्नः स राजा शप्तुमुद्यतः । वसिष्ठं स्वकरे कृत्वा जलं सौदासभूपतिः । शापोद्यतं च तं दृष्ट्वा नारदो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
tacchrutvā kopamāpannaḥ sa rājā śaptumudyataḥ | vasiṣṭhaṃ svakare kṛtvā jalaṃ saudāsabhūpatiḥ | śāpodyataṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado vākyamabravīt
ଏହା ଶୁଣି ରାଜା କ୍ରୋଧାବେଶରେ ଶାପ ଦେବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟତ ହେଲେ। ସୌଦାସ ଭୂପତି ବସିଷ୍ଠଙ୍କୁ ମନେ କରି ନିଜ ହାତରେ ଜଳ ଧରି ଶାପୋଚ୍ଚାରଣ ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ ହୋଇ ଦାଁଡ଼ାଇଲେ; ତାଙ୍କୁ ଶାପ ଦେବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟତ ଦେଖି ନାରଦ କଥା କହିଲେ।
Narrator (contextual: Purāṇic narrator; Nārada speaks at the end of the verse)
Scene: King Saudāsa, furious, holds water in his palm, mentally invoking Vasiṣṭha, ready to curse; Nārada urgently addresses him to stop or redirect the act.
Anger can push even rulers toward grave adharma; timely counsel from sages restrains destructive speech and action.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s narrative setting within Tīrthamāhātmya.
The verse alludes to the ritual act of taking water in hand as a formal prelude to pronouncing a curse.
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