Shloka 125
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
सोमशर्मोवाच । धर्मस्तु कीदृशो जातस्तेन शप्तो महात्मना । तद्रूपं तस्य मे ब्रूहि यदि जानासि भामिनि
somaśarmovāca | dharmastu kīdṛśo jātastena śapto mahātmanā | tadrūpaṃ tasya me brūhi yadi jānāsi bhāmini
โสมศรมากล่าวว่า “ธรรมะนั้นบังเกิดเป็นสภาพเช่นไร จึงถูกมหาตมะผู้นั้นสาป? โอ้สตรีผู้ผ่องงาม หากเจ้ารู้ จงบอกลักษณะของเขาแก่ข้าเถิด”
Somaśarmā
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सोमशर्मोवाच = सोमशर्म + उवाच; धर्मस्तु = धर्मः + तु; तद्रूपं = तत् + रूपम्.
FAQs
Somaśarmā is speaking, asking what form Dharma took and why a great-souled figure cursed him.
Dharma is treated as a personified cosmic-ethical principle, capable of taking forms and undergoing consequences such as curses within Purāṇic narrative logic.
It suggests that even exalted principles/personages are shown as accountable within moral causality, prompting inquiry into the causes and consequences of actions.