Shloka 31
नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura
ज्ञात्वा तथापनीतां तां वसुभिर्दिव्यदर्शन: । ययौ क्रोधवशं सद्यः शशाप च वसूंस्तदा
jñātvā tathāpanītāṃ tāṃ vasubhir divyadarśanaḥ | yayau krodhavaśaṃ sadyaḥ śaśāpa ca vasūṃs tadā ||
اپنی الٰہی بصیرت سے دیکھ کر اس نے جان لیا کہ وسوؤں نے اسے اٹھا لیا ہے۔ یہ جانتے ہی وہ فوراً غضب کے زیرِ اثر آ گیا اور اسی وقت وسوؤں پر لعنت/بددعا کر دی۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (anger): even when one has clear knowledge (jñāna) and spiritual capacity (divya-darśana), yielding to anger can lead to harsh, irreversible actions (a śāpa) whose consequences extend far beyond the immediate offense.
The narrator states that a seer, using divine vision, discovers that the Vasus have abducted a woman; he instantly becomes angry and curses the Vasus, initiating a chain of consequences central to the surrounding episode.