Shloka 34

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस्तस्मिन्नेव धराधरे । सो5कामयत राजर्षिविंहतु सह भार्यया,उसके बाद वसिष्ठजीकी आज्ञा लेकर राजर्षि संवरणने उसी पर्वतपर अपनी पत्नीके साथ विहार करनेकी इच्छा की

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātas tasminn eva dharādhare | so 'kāmayata rājarṣiḥ vihartuṃ saha bhāryayā ||

Translation

得婆悉吒许可后，王仙三婆罗那便愿就在那座山上，与其妻相伴游乐，享受和悦的相处——一切皆在长者的允准与教诲之内。

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठेन: by Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यनुज्ञातः: having been permitted/authorized
• अभ्यनुज्ञातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+अनु+ज्ञा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• धराधरे: on the mountain
• धराधरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धराधर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अकामयत: desired/wished
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (कामयति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजर्षिः: the royal sage
• राजर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विहर्तुम्: to sport/roam (for pleasure)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+हृ
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्)

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Saṃvaraṇa
• bhāryā (wife)
• dharādhara (mountain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Enjoyment (vihāra) is not condemned, but it is framed as dharmic when undertaken with propriety—here marked by the explicit permission of a revered sage (Vasiṣṭha), emphasizing restraint, consent, and respect for guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving Vasiṣṭha’s approval, the royal sage Saṃvaraṇa expresses the wish to remain on that same mountain and enjoy time there together with his wife.