Shloka 24

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

अकार्षी: समय भ्रंशमावाभ्यां य: कृतो मिथ: । शप्स्ये तस्मात्‌ सुसंक़्रुद्धों भवन्तं तं निबोध मे

Transliteration

akārṣīḥ samaya-bhraṁśam āvabhyāṁ yaḥ kṛto mithaḥ | śapsye tasmāt susaṅkruddho bhavantaṁ taṁ nibodha me |

Translation

Ngài đã vi phạm giao ước đôi bên đã lập với nhau. Vì thế, do cơn giận bừng bừng bởi sự bội ước ấy, hãy nghe và hiểu lời nguyền ta nay tuyên xuống ngài.

Word by Word

• अकार्षीः: you did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• समय: agreement, compact
• समय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भ्रंशम्: breach, violation
• भ्रंशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रंश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आवाभ्याम्: by us two / between us two
• आवाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: तृतीया, द्विवचन

• यः: which/that (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृतः: made, done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मिथः: mutually, with each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथस्

• शप्स्ये: I shall curse
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (शापने)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• सुसंक्रुद्धः: very enraged
• सुसंक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + संक्रुद्ध (क्रुध्-धातु से)
• Form: क्त (P.P.P. as adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवन्तम्: you (honorific), to you
• भवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तम्: that (curse)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निबोध: know, understand, heed
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (अवगमने) उपसर्ग: नि
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (speaker)
• the addressed person (bhavantam; unnamed in this verse)
• samaya (the mutual agreement/compact)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of a samaya (mutual agreement): violating a pledged condition is treated as a serious moral fault that invites consequences, even when the offender is otherwise revered.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa addresses someone respectfully yet sternly, accusing them of breaking a mutual compact; in anger, he announces that he is about to pronounce a curse and asks the person to listen carefully.