Shloka 10

Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit

Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link

Devanagari script

सौतिरुवाच तथेत्युक्त्वा तत: सर्वे काद्रवेया: समागता: । समयं चक्रिरे तत्र मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारदा:

Transliteration

Sautir uvāca: tathety uktvā tataḥ sarve kādraveyāḥ samāgatāḥ | samayaṃ cakrire tatra mantrabuddhiviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

Disse Sauti: Tendo respondido “Assim seja”, todos os filhos de Kadru reuniram-se. Ali, hábeis em conselho e política, firmaram um acordo e fixaram seu curso de ação — mostrando como a determinação coletiva se forja pela deliberação e pela inteligência estratégica.

Word by Word

• सूतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सूतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• तथा: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काद्रवेयाः: sons/descendants of Kadru (the Nāgas)
• काद्रवेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काद्रवेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागताः: assembled; gathered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समयम्: agreement; compact; resolve
• समयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रिरे: made; formed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारदाः: skilled in counsel and intelligence; expert in deliberation
• मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्रबुद्धिविशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Kadru
• Kādraveyāḥ (the Nāgas/serpents)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how decisive action—especially in morally charged situations—often begins with assent, assembly, and deliberate counsel. It underscores the ethical weight of collective agreements (samaya) formed through strategic intelligence (mantra-buddhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Sauti reports that the Kādraveyāḥ (serpents, sons of Kadru) respond “so be it,” gather together, and then establish an agreement/plan through skilled deliberation.