Shloka 39

Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha

Indra–Namuci Expiation

Devanagari script

ततः सरस्वती शप्ता विश्वामित्रेण धीमता

Transliteration

tataḥ sarasvatī śaptā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā

Translation

แล้วพระวิศวามิตรผู้ทรงปัญญาก็สาปแม่น้ำสรัสวตี

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), अर्थे: 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्'

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (the river/goddess)
• सरस्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शप्ता: was cursed
• शप्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शप्त (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि) ; स्त्रीलिङ्गे शप्ता
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विश्वामित्रेण: by Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• धीमता: wise; intelligent
• धीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (विश्वामित्रेण इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Viśvāmitra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral danger of uncontrolled anger and hostile speech: even the wise can set harmful consequences in motion through a curse, showing why self-restraint and dharmic speech are essential.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha narrates that Sarasvatī becomes the object of Viśvāmitra’s curse, signaling a turning point where a sacred power is drawn into a conflict shaped by rivalry and wrath.