Shloka 31
Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit
Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link
नैषा वो नैछिकी बुद्धिर्मता कर्तु भुजड़मा: । सर्वेषामेव मे बुद्धि: पन्नगानां न रोचते
naiṣā vo naiṣṭhikī buddhir matā kartuṁ bhujaṅgamāḥ | sarveṣām eva me buddhiḥ pannagānāṁ na rocate ||
Śeṣa disse: “Ó serpentes, a resolução que vossas mentes formaram não é adequada para ser posta em prática. E, do mesmo modo, não é possível que o meu próprio juízo agrade a todas as serpentes.”
शेष उवाच
Educational Q&A
A decision, even if firmly held, must be judged by its practicability and ethical fitness; also, a leader’s counsel cannot be expected to satisfy every member of a diverse community.
Śeṣa addresses the assembled serpents, rejecting their proposed course as unfit to implement and acknowledging that his own view will not necessarily be agreeable to all snakes.