Shloka 15

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 209: Śaraṇāgati of the Cursed Apsarases; Nārītīrtha-prasiddhi; Arjuna’s Vimocana

Devanagari script

तपोधनैश्व ये क्रुद्धद: शापा उक्ता महात्मभि: । नाक्रामन्त तयोस्तेडपि वरदाननिराकृता:,कुछ तपस्याके धनी महात्माओंने क्रोधमें भरकर उन्हें जो शाप दिये, उनके शाप भी उन दैत्योंके मिले हुए वरदानसे प्रतिहत होकर उनका कुछ बिगाड़ नहीं सके

Transliteration

tapodhanaiś ca ye kruddhāḥ śāpā uktā mahātmabhiḥ | nākrāmanta tayos te 'pi varadāna-nirākṛtāḥ ||

Translation

แม้คำสาปที่มหาตมะผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยตบะเปล่งออกด้วยความกริ้ว ก็ยังไม่อาจครอบงำสองตนนั้นได้ เพราะถูกฤทธิ์แห่งพร (วร) ที่อสูรได้รับมาลบล้างเสียสิ้น.

Word by Word

तपोधनैःby the ascetic sages (rich in austerity)

चand

येwhich (curses)

क्रुद्धैःby the enraged (ones)

शापाःcurses

उक्ताःuttered/spoken

महात्मभिःby the great-souled ones

नnot

अक्रमन्तthey attacked/overcame

तयोःof those two

तेthose (curses)

अपिeven/also

वरदान-निराकृताःrepelled/invalidated by the boon-gift

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

mahātmāḥ (great sages/ascetics)

Daityas

those two (unnamed pair in context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between ascetic power and the unintended consequences of boon-granting: even potent curses may fail when countered by extraordinary boons, suggesting that power—whether of tapas or of divine gifts—must be governed by discernment and restraint, not anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada explains that certain Daityas (and specifically ‘those two’ referred to in the surrounding passage) had received such strong boons that even when great sages cursed them in anger, the curses could not harm them because the boons neutralized the effect.