Shloka 35
Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)
तोयेप्सां तव दुर्धर्षा करिष्ये सफलामहम् । येष्वह:सु च ते ब्रह्मन् सलिलेप्सा भविष्यति
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ब्रह्मन्, तव दुर्धर्षा तोयेप्सा मया सफलीकर्तुं करिष्यते। येष्वहःसु च ते सलिलेप्सा भविष्यति, तेष्वहःसु सलिलमध्येऽपि ते सा एवेषा भविष्यति।
उत्तडुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of speech and intention: a powerful utterance can turn a desire into a form of suffering, showing how actions (including verbal acts) can rebound as karmic consequence and ethical retribution.
Utta uka addresses a Brahmin and declares that he will make the Brahmin's desire for water 'successful' in a grimly ironic way: the Brahmin will feel thirst even while surrounded by water, turning the sought object into the setting of distress.