Shloka 64
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
साप्सरा मुक्तशापा च क्षणेन समपद्यत । या पुरोक्ता भगवता तिर्यग्योनिगता शुभा
sāpsarā muktśāpā ca kṣaṇena samapadyata | yā puroktā bhagavatā tiryagyonigatā śubhā ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: Chỉ trong khoảnh khắc, nàng lại trở thành một Apsaras, được giải khỏi lời nguyền—người mỹ lệ cát tường mà trước đó Đấng Tối Thượng đã nói là bị rơi vào thai loài vật.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical causality central to the Mahābhārata: consequences such as a curse can bind a being to suffering or lower birth, yet when the ordained condition is met, release and restoration occur immediately—affirming moral order (dharma) and the possibility of return to one’s rightful state.
The narrator states that the woman—previously described as having fallen into an animal birth due to a curse—instantly regains her original identity as an Apsaras once the curse is lifted, marking a sudden transformation from constrained existence back to celestial status.