Shloka 33

Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification

Sanskrit

तेषां पापापनॊदन्तु श्रुतं ह्येव करिष्यति ।

न चैव विघ्नकार्याणि भविष्यन्ति कदाचन ॥

Transliteration

teṣāṃ pāpāpanodantu śrutaṃ hyeva kariṣyati / na caiva vighnakāryāṇi bhaviṣyanti kadācana

Translation

สำหรับเขาทั้งหลาย เพียงได้สดับฟังเท่านั้นก็ย่อมกำจัดบาปได้ และในกาลใดๆ ย่อมไม่เกิดกรรมอันเป็นอุปสรรคแก่เขาเลย.

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pāpa-apanoḍa: removal of sin
• pāpa-apanoḍa: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + apanoḍa (प्रातिपदिक; from apa-√nud)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पापस्य अपनोḍaḥ’ = ‘removal of sin’

• tu: indeed, however
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• śrutam: the hearing (what is heard)
• śrutam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + śruta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान (emphasis)

• eva: certainly
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• kariṣyati: will do, will accomplish
• kariṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• eva: at all, indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• vighna-kāryāṇi: obstructive acts/effects
• vighna-kāryāṇi: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘विघ्नस्य कार्याणि’ = ‘acts/effects of obstacles’

• bhaviṣyanti: will be, will occur
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• kadācana: ever, at any time
• kadācana: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb), नकारेण सह ‘कदाचन’ = ‘ever (at any time)’

Speakers

• Narrator voice (phalaśruti)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Sin-removal
• Obstacle-removal
• Merit of śravaṇa
• Textual efficacy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text asserts that internal purification (pāpa-removal) and external smoothness of life (absence of vighna) follow from aligning the mind with dharmic exemplars through attentive listening.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Phalaśruti appended to Carita: it is a transmission guarantee rather than a cosmological/chronological marker.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Obstacles’ are not only outer events but inner resistances. The promise indicates that right narrative contemplation reorganizes the psyche, reducing the conditions that generate vighna.