Shloka 64
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
साप्सरा मुक्तशापा च क्षणेन समपद्यत । या पुरोक्ता भगवता तिर्यग्योनिगता शुभा
sāpsarā muktśāpā ca kṣaṇena samapadyata | yā puroktā bhagavatā tiryagyonigatā śubhā ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: Num instante ela voltou a ser uma Apsaras, liberta da maldição—ela, a auspiciosa, de quem o Senhor Bem-aventurado já falara como tendo caído num ventre animal.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical causality central to the Mahābhārata: consequences such as a curse can bind a being to suffering or lower birth, yet when the ordained condition is met, release and restoration occur immediately—affirming moral order (dharma) and the possibility of return to one’s rightful state.
The narrator states that the woman—previously described as having fallen into an animal birth due to a curse—instantly regains her original identity as an Apsaras once the curse is lifted, marking a sudden transformation from constrained existence back to celestial status.