Shloka 34

Śṛṅgī’s Curse on King Parikṣit

Parikṣit–Śṛṅgī–Takṣaka Causal Link

Devanagari script

मया हीद॑ विधातव्यं भवतां यद्धितं भवेत्‌ । अनेनाहं भृशं तप्ये गुणदोषौ मदाश्रयौ

Transliteration

mayā hīdaṁ vidhātavyaṁ bhavatāṁ yaddhitaṁ bhavet | anenāhaṁ bhṛśaṁ tapye guṇadoṣau madāśrayau ||

Translation

“我必须行那真正有利于你们之事。正因如此，我深感忧惧：我既为你们之长，功德与过失的责任，皆归于我身。”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• विधातव्यं: to be done/ought to be arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भवतां: of you (hon.)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• हितं: welfare/benefit
• हितं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be/would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अनेन: by this/thereby
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अहं: I
• अहं: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• भृशं: greatly/excessively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• तप्ये: I am distressed/I suffer
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• गुणदोषौ: merit and fault
• गुणदोषौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण-दोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• मदाश्रयौ: resting on me/dependent on me
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-आश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

शेष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True leadership is measured by commitment to others’ welfare (hita) and by accepting accountability for outcomes—both virtues and faults—especially when one holds seniority or authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śeṣa speaks as a responsible elder, stating that he must choose the action that genuinely benefits the others, and he expresses inner distress because he feels that the moral credit and blame for the group’s conduct ultimately falls upon him.