Shloka 31
Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit
Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link
Devanagari script
नैषा वो नैछिकी बुद्धिर्मता कर्तु भुजड़मा: । सर्वेषामेव मे बुद्धि: पन्नगानां न रोचते
Transliteration
naiṣā vo naiṣṭhikī buddhir matā kartuṁ bhujaṅgamāḥ | sarveṣām eva me buddhiḥ pannagānāṁ na rocate ||
Translation
शेष उवाच—नैषा वो नैछिकी बुद्धिर्मता कर्तुं भुजङ्गमाः। सर्वेषामेव मे बुद्धिः पन्नगानां न रोचते॥
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एषाthis (is)
एषा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
वःof you / your
वः:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formgenitive, plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एषिकीsuch / of this kind
एषिकी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएषिक
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
बुद्धिःintention, counsel, thought
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
मताconsidered, deemed
मता:
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
Formक्त, feminine, nominative, singular
कर्तुम्to do, to carry out
कर्तुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)
भुजङ्गमाःO serpents
भुजङ्गमाः:
TypeNoun
Rootभुजङ्गम
Formmasculine, vocative, plural
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मेmy / of me
मे:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
बुद्धिःthought, opinion
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
पन्नगानाम्of the serpents
पन्नगानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपन्नग
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
रोचतेpleases, is acceptable
रोचते:
TypeVerb
Rootरुच्
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, third, singular
Speaker
शेष उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚeṣaN
Nāgagaṇa (serpent hosts)P
Pannagāḥ (snakes/serpents)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.