Shloka 10

अश्वत्थाम-शापः, परिक्षिद्भविष्यत्, मणि-न्यासः

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

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमस्य पापस्य कर्मण: फलमाप्त॒हि । त्रीणि वर्षमहस्राणि चरिष्यसि महीमिमाम्‌

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam asya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalam āptahi | trīṇi varṣa-sahasrāṇi cariṣyasi mahīm imām ||

Translation

అందుచేత ఈ పాపకర్మ ఫలాన్ని నీవు తప్పక పొందుదువు. మూడు వేల సంవత్సరాలు ఈ భూమిపై నీవు సంచరించుదువు.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative (पञ्चमी), singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine (by context), nominative (प्रथमा), singular

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (अयम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, genitive (षष्ठी), singular

• पापस्य: sinful / wicked
• पापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, genitive (षष्ठी), singular

• कर्मणः: of the deed
• कर्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, genitive (षष्ठी), singular

• फलम्: fruit / result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, accusative (द्वितीया), singular

• आप्नुहि: obtain / receive
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, accusative (द्वितीया), plural

• वर्ष: years
• वर्ष: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, accusative (द्वितीया), singular (used as measure with numeral)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, accusative (द्वितीया), plural

• चरिष्यसि: you will wander / roam
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 2nd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, accusative (द्वितीया), singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (इम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, accusative (द्वितीया), singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores karma-phala: a sinful action inevitably yields a proportionate consequence, here expressed as prolonged suffering and exile-like wandering.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a grave wrongdoing is being judged, and the doer is declared to receive its result—condemned to roam the earth for three thousand years as punishment.