Shloka 50
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
स तान् प्रसादयामास शापस्यान्तो भवेदिति | तैश्षाप्युक्त: क्षिपन् धर्म शापस्यान्तमवाप्स्यसि
sa tān prasādayāmāsa śāpasya anto bhaved iti | taiḥ śāpyuktaḥ kṣipan dharmaṃ śāpasya antam avāpsyasi ||
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “เพื่อให้คำสาปสิ้นสุด เขาจึงบำเพ็ญเพื่อให้เหล่าปิตฤพอพระทัย ครั้นปิตฤทั้งหลายทรงพอพระทัยแล้ว จึงตรัสว่า ‘เมื่อเจ้ากล่าวโทษต่อธรรมะ—คือพระยุธิษฐิระผู้เป็นธรรมราช—เจ้าจักบรรลุความสิ้นสุดแห่งคำสาปนี้’”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the complex ethics of speech and intention: even when a goal is relief from suffering (ending a curse), the prescribed means—casting blame on a righteous figure—creates a moral tension, reminding readers that dharma can be tested by expedient remedies and that ritual/spiritual economies may demand difficult choices.
A person afflicted by a curse seeks its cessation by pleasing the Pitṛs. Once satisfied, the Pitṛs advise that the curse will end if he directs an accusation or blame toward Dharma—identified here with Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira.