Shloka 14

Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit

Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link

Devanagari script

स नो बहुमतान्‌ राजा बुद्धया बुद्धिमतां वर: । यज्ञार्थ प्रक्ष्यति व्यक्त नेति वक्ष्यामहे वयम्‌

Transliteration

sa no bahumatān rājā buddhyā buddhimatāṁ varaḥ | yajñārthaṁ prakṣyati vyakta neti vakṣyāmahe vayam ||

Translation

“我们将在那里备受信任与尊崇。因此，阇那美阇耶王——智者之最——必定会就祭祀之事向我们明白询问。那时我们将直言：‘不要举行祭祀。’”

Word by Word

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

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• बहुमतान्: much-respected / highly regarded
• बहुमतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुमत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्ध्या: with (his) understanding
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• बुद्धिमताम्: of the wise
• बुद्धिमताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: best / excellent
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञार्थम्: about the sacrifice / for the purpose of the sacrifice
• यज्ञार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रक्ष्यति: will ask
• प्रक्ष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• व्यक्तम्: clearly / explicitly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यक्त

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वक्ष्यामहे: we shall say
• वक्ष्यामहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Plural, Ātmanepada

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Janamejaya
• yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a powerful king should seek and heed wise counsel; when a ritual is ethically compromised or driven by harmful intent, the righteous response is to speak clearly against it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śeṣa anticipates that King Janamejaya, trusting and honoring them, will ask their opinion about the proposed sacrifice; they resolve to answer unambiguously that it should not be performed.