Shloka 37

आदि पर्व — अध्याय ८३: ययाति-इन्द्र-संवादः तथा अष्टक-प्रश्नः

Yayāti–Indra Dialogue and Aṣṭaka’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच क्रुद्धनोशनसा शप्तो ययातिनहुषस्तदा । पूर्व वय: परित्यज्य जरां सद्योडन्वपद्यत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--क्रोधमें भरे हुए शुक्राचार्यके शाप देनेपर नहुषपुत्र राजा ययाति उसी समय पूर्वावस्था (यौवन)-का परित्याग करके तत्काल बूढ़े हो गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca

kruddhanośanasā śapto yayātir nahuṣas tadā |

pūrvaṃ vayaḥ parityajya jarāṃ sadyo ’nvapadyata ||

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: Nang ang pantas na Uśanas (Śukrācārya), na nag-aalab sa galit, ay nagbitiw ng sumpa, si Haring Yayāti, anak ni Nahuṣa, sa mismong sandaling iyon ay iniwan ang dating kabataan at agad na dinaluhong ng katandaan.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

क्रुद्धःangry

उशनसाby Uśanas (Śukrācārya)

शप्तःcursed

ययातिःKing Yayāti

नहुषःof Nahuṣa

तदाthen

पूर्वम्formerly / earlier

वयःyouth/age (youthful age)

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

जराम्old age

सद्यःimmediately

अन्वपद्यतentered/attained (came upon)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Uśanas (Śukrācārya)

Yayāti

Nahuṣa

jarā (old age)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that unethical conduct can invite immediate and irreversible consequences, especially when it provokes the justified anger of a spiritually powerful teacher; moral order (dharma) asserts itself through the potency of truth and curse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Śukrācārya (Uśanas), angered, curses King Yayāti, and as a direct result Yayāti instantly loses his youth and is overtaken by old age.