Shloka 47
Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement
ततोअब्रवीन्मां याचन्तमपराध॑ प्रयत्नत: । व्याहृतं यन्मया सूत तत् तथा न तदन्यथा
tato ’bravīn māṁ yācantam aparādhaṁ prayatnataḥ | vyāhṛtaṁ yan mayā sūta tat tathā na tad anyathā ||
Тогда я, усердно моля о прощении за свою вину, услышал от брахмана: «Сута, слово, которое я изрёк, сбудется именно так; иначе быть не может».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of wrongdoing and the binding force of a solemn utterance: even sincere repentance may not undo consequences once a powerful pronouncement has been made. It highlights responsibility (aparādha) and the irrevocability of certain speech-acts (vyāhṛta).
The narrator reports that the speaker (addressed as ‘Sūta’) pleads for forgiveness for an offence. The brāhmaṇa responds that his spoken declaration—functioning as a curse or irrevocable pronouncement—will inevitably take effect and cannot be altered.