Shloka 13

अश्वत्थाम-शापः, परिक्षिद्भविष्यत्, मणि-न्यासः

Aśvatthāman’s Curse, Parikṣit’s Future, and the Mani’s Restitution

Devanagari script

वय:ः प्राप्य परिक्षित्‌ तु वेदब्रतमवाप्य च

Transliteration

vayaḥ prāpya parīkṣit tu vedabratam avāpya ca

Translation

वयः प्राप्य परीक्षित् तु वेदव्रतमवाप्य च।

Word by Word

• वयः: age (youth/age)
• वयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• परिक्षित्: O Parikshit
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षित्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वेदव्रतम्: the vow/discipline of Vedic study
• वेदव्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदव्रत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Parīkṣit
• Veda
• vedavrata (Vedic vow/discipline)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maturity and authority are grounded in discipline: before assuming larger responsibilities, one should first attain proper age and undertake the ethical and ritual restraints associated with Vedic learning (vedavrata).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana marks a transition in Parīkṣit’s life: he reaches maturity and enters (or completes) the disciplined stage of Vedic observance, setting the stage for subsequent events involving his role and conduct.