Shloka 31

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

कृच्छाद्‌ द्वादशरात्रे तु तस्य राज्ञ: समाहिते । आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषि:,राजाने क्लेश सहन करते हुए बारह राततक एकाग्रचित्त होकर ध्यान लगाया था। तब विशुद्ध अन्त:ः:करणवाले भगवान्‌ वसिष्ठ मुनि राजाके पास आये थे

Transliteration

kṛcchād dvādaśarātre tu tasya rājñaḥ samāhite | ājagāma viśuddhātmā vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ||

Translation

రాజు కష్టమును సహించి పన్నెండు రాత్రులు ఏకాగ్రచిత్తుడై నియమసాధనలో నిలిచిన తరువాత, విశుద్ధాంతఃకరణుడైన భగవాన్ ఋషి వసిష్ఠుడు అతని వద్దకు వచ్చెను।

Word by Word

कृच्छात्from hardship/with difficulty

द्वादशरात्रेin the period of twelve nights

तुbut/indeed

तस्यof him/of that

राज्ञःof the king

समाहितेwhen (he was) concentrated/collected (in mind)

आtowards; (preverb of motion)

जगामcame/went

विशुद्धात्माone whose self is pure

वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha

भगवान्venerable/divine

ऋषिःsage

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

the king (rājā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady endurance and disciplined concentration (samāhita-citta) purify the mind and make one fit to receive dhārmic guidance; the arrival of a revered ṛṣi symbolizes that sincere effort invites higher counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

A king has undertaken a difficult twelve-night observance in focused composure; after this period, the pure-hearted sage Vasiṣṭha comes to meet him, setting the stage for instruction or resolution.