Shloka 47
Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement
ततोअब्रवीन्मां याचन्तमपराध॑ प्रयत्नत: । व्याहृतं यन्मया सूत तत् तथा न तदन्यथा
tato ’bravīn māṁ yācantam aparādhaṁ prayatnataḥ | vyāhṛtaṁ yan mayā sūta tat tathā na tad anyathā ||
پھر میں اپنے قصور پر پوری کوشش کے ساتھ معافی مانگنے لگا۔ تب اُس برہمن نے کہا— ‘اے سوت! میں نے جو بات کہہ دی ہے وہ ویسی ہی پوری ہو کر رہے گی؛ اس کے سوا کچھ نہیں ہو سکتا۔’
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of wrongdoing and the binding force of a solemn utterance: even sincere repentance may not undo consequences once a powerful pronouncement has been made. It highlights responsibility (aparādha) and the irrevocability of certain speech-acts (vyāhṛta).
The narrator reports that the speaker (addressed as ‘Sūta’) pleads for forgiveness for an offence. The brāhmaṇa responds that his spoken declaration—functioning as a curse or irrevocable pronouncement—will inevitably take effect and cannot be altered.