Shloka 11
Devanagari script
शशाप तं च संक्रुद्धो बीभत्सुर्जिह्मगामिनम् । पावको वासुदेवश्चाप्यप्रतिष्ठो भविष्यसि
Transliteration
śaśāpa taṃ ca saṃkruddho bībhatsur jihmagāminam | pāvako vāsudevaś cāpy apratiṣṭho bhaviṣyasi ||
Translation
शशाप तं च संक्रुद्धो बीभत्सुर्जिह्मगामिनम् । पावको वासुदेवश्चाप्यप्रतिष्ठो भविष्यसि ॥
Word by Word
शशापcursed
शशाप:
TypeVerb
Rootशप् (शप्/शप्—शापने)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
संक्रुद्धःenraged
संक्रुद्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसंक्रुद्ध (सम् + क्रुध्, क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बीभत्सुःArjuna (Bībhatsu)
बीभत्सुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबीभत्सु (अर्जुन-नाम)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जिह्मगामिनम्one who moves crookedly
जिह्मगामिनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootजिह्मगामिन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पावकःAgni (Fire)
पावकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपावक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वासुदेवःVāsudeva (Krishna)
वासुदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अप्रतिष्ठःwithout support/refuge; unestablished
अप्रतिष्ठः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रतिष्ठ (अ- + प्रतिष्ठ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यसिyou will be
भविष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (लृट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaA
Arjuna (Bībhatsu)N
Nāga (serpent)A
Agni (Pāvaka)V
Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Crooked, deceitful aggression is portrayed as adharma that leads to loss of stability and protection; the narrative frames moral consequence as being affirmed not only by a hero’s judgment but also by divine witnesses (Agni and Kṛṣṇa).
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, angered by a serpent’s harmful, crooked behavior, utters a curse that it will become ‘apratiṣṭha’ (without standing/refuge). Agni and Kṛṣṇa explicitly endorse Arjuna’s utterance.