Shloka 11

Devanagari script

शशाप तं च संक्रुद्धो बीभत्सुर्जिह्मगामिनम्‌ । पावको वासुदेवश्चाप्यप्रतिष्ठो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

śaśāpa taṃ ca saṃkruddho bībhatsur jihmagāminam | pāvako vāsudevaś cāpy apratiṣṭho bhaviṣyasi ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：阿周那（毗婆蹉）盛怒之下诅咒那心怀曲诈的蛇道：“你将无所依止，无所立足。”火神帕瓦迦（阿耆尼）与婆苏提婆（奎师那）亦同声赞许。

Word by Word

• शशाप: cursed
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (शप्/शप्—शापने)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध (सम् + क्रुध्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बीभत्सुः: Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु (अर्जुन-नाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिह्मगामिनम्: one who moves crookedly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिह्मगामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पावकः: Agni (Fire)
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अप्रतिष्ठः: without support/refuge; unestablished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिष्ठ (अ- + प्रतिष्ठ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• Nāga (serpent)
• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Crooked, deceitful aggression is portrayed as adharma that leads to loss of stability and protection; the narrative frames moral consequence as being affirmed not only by a hero’s judgment but also by divine witnesses (Agni and Kṛṣṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, angered by a serpent’s harmful, crooked behavior, utters a curse that it will become ‘apratiṣṭha’ (without standing/refuge). Agni and Kṛṣṇa explicitly endorse Arjuna’s utterance.