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Shloka 30

Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)

विधिना सम्प्रयुक्तो वै ऋषिवाक्येन तेन तु । यस्मिन्नेव फले नागस्तमेवा भक्षयत्‌ स्वयम्‌,विधाताके विधान एवं महर्षिके वचनसे प्रेरित होकर राजाने वही फल स्वयं खाया, जिसपर तक्षक नाग बैठा था

vidhinā samprayukto vai ṛṣivākyena tena tu | yasminneva phale nāgas tamevā bhakṣayat svayam ||

Bị số mệnh thúc bách và bị lời của vị hiền triết ấy thôi thúc, nhà vua tự tay ăn chính trái quả mà con rắn (Takṣaka) đang ngự trên đó—và thế là hậu quả đã được định sẵn, do lời của bậc đại hiền khởi phát, liền ứng nghiệm.

विधिनाby ordinance / by rule (of fate)
विधिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सम्प्रयुक्तःimpelled / prompted
सम्प्रयुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-प्र-युज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
ऋषि-वाक्येनby the sage's words
ऋषि-वाक्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि-वाक्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तेनby that (word/means)
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
तुbut / and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
एवjust / indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
फलेon/in the fruit
फले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नागःthe serpent
नागः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तम्that (fruit)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
एवitself / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अभक्षयत्ate
अभक्षयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभक्ष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
स्वयम्himself
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्

तक्षक उवाच

T
Takṣaka
Ṛṣi (sage)
P
phala (fruit)
N
nāga (serpent)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how actions unfold when destiny aligns with the potent force of a sage’s speech: once a moral-spiritual cause (ṛṣi-vākya) is set, consequences mature inevitably, reminding rulers and listeners to treat ascetic speech and ethical restraint with seriousness.

Takṣaka states that, driven by fate and by the impetus of a sage’s words, the king ended up eating the very fruit on which the serpent was positioned—an immediate narrative mechanism by which the foretold or ordained outcome is fulfilled.