Shloka 16

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

तथा तु नियतात्मानं त॑ नृपं मुनिसत्तम: | आबभाषे स धर्मात्मा तस्यैवार्थचिकीर्षया,इस प्रकार मन और इन्द्रियोंको संयममें रखकर तपस्यामें लगे हुए उक्त नरेशसे धर्मात्मा मुनिवर वसिष्ठने उन्हींकी कार्यसिद्धिके लिये कुछ बातचीत की

Transliteration

tathā tu niyatātmānaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ munisattamaḥ | ābabhāṣe sa dharmātmā tasyaivārthacikīrṣayā ||

Translation

ครั้นเห็นพระราชานั้นมั่นคงในความสำรวม ควบคุมใจและอินทรีย์ ตั้งมั่นในตบะแล้ว พระวสิษฐะ ฤๅษีผู้ทรงธรรม จึงกล่าวกับพระองค์เพื่อให้กิจของพระองค์สำเร็จลุล่วง

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

तुbut, indeed

नियतात्मानम्self-controlled (one)

तम्that (him)

नृपम्king

मुनिसत्तमःbest of sages

आबभाषेspoke, addressed

सःhe

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

तस्यof him

एवindeed, just

अर्थचिकीर्षयाwith the desire to accomplish (his) purpose

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

the king (nṛpa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is advanced through disciplined self-control (niyama) and the timely guidance of the wise; a sage’s speech is meant to aid rightful aims, not merely to display learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

A king is engaged in austerity with controlled mind and senses. Vasiṣṭha, described as righteous and foremost among sages, addresses him in order to help him achieve his intended objective.