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Shloka 12

अश्वत्थाम-शापः, परिक्षिद्भविष्यत्, मणि-न्यासः

Aśvatthāman’s Curse, Parikṣit’s Future, and the Mani’s Restitution

परंतु तुझे सभी मनीषी पुरुष कायर, पापी, बारंबार पापकर्म करनेवाला और बाल- हत्यारा समझते हैं। इसलिये तू इस पाप-कर्मका फल प्राप्त कर ले। आजसे तीन हजार वर्षोतक तू इस पृथ्वीपर भटकता फिरेगा। तुझे कभी कहीं और किसीके साथ भी बातचीत करनेका सुख नहीं मिल सकेगा। तू अकेला ही निर्जन-स्थानोंमें घूमता रहेगा ।।

bhavitrī na hi te kṣudra janamadhyeṣu saṃsthitiḥ | pūyaśoṇitagandhī ca durgakāntārasaṃśrayaḥ ||

毗湿摩波耶那说:“诸贤皆以你为懦夫、罪人、屡犯恶业者,且为杀害孩童之凶徒。故当受此罪业之果。自今日起,三千年间,你将徘徊于此大地;你永不得享与人交谈之乐,亦不得与任何人相与言语。你将独自游走于荒无人烟之处。卑劣之徒——人群之中再无你立足之地;你将腥臭如脓血,栖身于荒废的堡垒与无路的深林旷野。”

भवित्रीabode/dwelling (as what will be)
भवित्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभवितृ (भू धातु से)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormMasculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
क्षुद्रwretched/paltry
क्षुद्र:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जनamong people
जन:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
मध्येin the midst/among
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमध्य
सुwell/altogether (intensifier)
सु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु
संस्थितिःdwelling/remaining/settled state
संस्थितिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंस्थिति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पूयpus
पूय:
TypeNoun
Rootपूय
FormMasculine/Neuter, Nominative, Singular
शोणितblood
शोणित:
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गन्धीhaving the smell (of pus and blood)
गन्धी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगन्धिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दुर्गdifficult place/fort; hard-to-reach (place)
दुर्ग:
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्ग
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कान्तारwilderness/forest
कान्तार:
TypeNoun
Rootकान्तार
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
संश्रयःresort/refuge/dwelling (in)
संश्रयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंश्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
J
janamadhya (human society)
D
durga (fortress/stronghold)
K
kāntāra (wilderness)

Educational Q&A

Adharma—especially repeated, cruel wrongdoing—leads to social and spiritual degradation: the wrongdoer loses the right to live among people and is driven into isolation and suffering as a consequence of karma.

In the aftermath of the night massacre (Sauptika), a condemnation/curse is being pronounced: the offender is declared unfit to remain among humans and is described as wandering in desolate places, marked by a foul, diseased condition.