Shloka 13
द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर-प्रारम्भः
Commencement of Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara
हंसि राक्षसवद् यस्माद् राजापसद तापसम् | तस्मात् त्वमद्यप्रभृति पुरुषादो भविष्यसि,तपस्याकी प्रबल शक्तिसे सम्पन्न शक्तिमुनिने कहा--“राजाओंमें नीच कल्माषपाद! तू एक तपस्वी ब्राह्मणको राक्षसकी भाँति मार रहा है, इसलिये आजसे नरभक्षी राक्षस हो जायगा तथा अबसे तू मनुष्योंके मांसमें आसक्त होकर इस पृथ्वीपर विचरता रहेगा। नृूपाधम! जा यहाँसे”
haṁsi rākṣasavad yasmād rājāpasada tāpasam | tasmāt tvam adyaprabhṛti puruṣādo bhaviṣyasi ||
శక్తిముని పలికెను—“రాజులలో నీచుడా! నీవు తపస్విని రాక్షసుడిలా హతమార్చుచున్నావు; అందుచేత నేటి నుంచే నీవు నరభక్షకుడవు అవుతావు.”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler who violates dharma—especially by harming an ascetic devoted to tapas—incurs grave moral and karmic consequences. The verse frames such violence as ‘rākṣasa-like’ and declares a fitting retribution: the king becomes what his conduct resembles, a man-eater.
A Gandharva confronts the king (addressed as rājāpasada) for killing an ascetic. As punishment, the Gandharva pronounces a curse that the king will from that day become a puruṣāda (man-eater) and wander the earth driven by craving for human flesh, then orders him to leave.