Shloka 44

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

एवं तेषामहं सम्यक्‌ शप्तानां राजसत्तम | मोक्षार्थ मानुषाल्लोकादू यथावत्‌ कृतवत्यहम्‌,राजशिरोमणे! इस प्रकार उन शापग्रस्त वसुओंको इस मनुष्यलोकसे मुक्त करनेके लिये मैंने यथावत्‌ प्रयत्न किया है

Transliteration

evaṁ teṣām ahaṁ samyak śaptānāṁ rājasattama | mokṣārthaṁ mānuṣāl lokād yathāvat kṛtavaty aham, rājaśiromaṇe |

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“噢，诸王之最，噢，君主之冠冕明珠！为使那些遭仙人诅咒的婆苏得以解脱、脱离人间，我已依正法尽心尽力，悉皆如法而行。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• शप्तानाम्: of the cursed (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप्त
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसत्तम
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• मोक्षार्थम्: for the sake of release
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षार्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• मानुषात्: from the human (realm)
• मानुषात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• लोकात्: from the world
• लोकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• यथावत्: as prescribed, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• कृतवती: did, accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: periphrastic perfect (लिट्) / past participial perfect sense, 3rd, singular, feminine

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• राजशिरोमणे: O crest-jewel of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशिरोमणि
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṁpāyana
• Vasus
• rājasattama (addressed king)
• rājaśiromaṇi (addressed king)
• mānuṣa-loka (human world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when bound by a curse or adverse fate, release is sought through yathāvat—doing what is proper and prescribed. The verse emphasizes conscientious action (samyak) aligned with dharma as the means to restore order and secure redemption.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṁpāyana tells the king that he has undertaken the appropriate measures to ensure that the cursed Vasus obtain release from their human embodiment—i.e., to end their compelled stay in the human world and restore them to their rightful state.