Shloka 12

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

कारणं श्रुतमस्माभि: शापश्चैव श्रुतो5नघे । करिष्यन्ति तु यत्‌ प्राप्त सर्व एव तपोधना:,“निष्पाप सरस्वती! हमने शाप और उसका कारण सुन लिया। ये सभी तपोधन इस विषयमें समयोचित कर्तव्यका पालन करेंगे”

Transliteration

kāraṇaṃ śrutam asmābhiḥ śāpaś caiva śruto 'naghe | kariṣyanti tu yat prāptaṃ sarva eva tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“无垢者啊，我们已听明其因，也已听闻那诅咒。此间诸位以苦行为资粮的修行者，必将依时势所需，行其当行之事。”

Word by Word

• कारणम्: cause, reason
• कारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• शापः: curse
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• श्रुतः: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनघे: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• प्राप्तम्: has come to pass; has been obtained; is appropriate/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तपोधनाः: ascetics (whose wealth is austerity)
• तपोधनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• anaghe (addressed person; unnamed in this verse)
• tapodhanāḥ (ascetics)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the cause and the moral weight of an event (here, a curse and its origin) are understood, the proper response is timely, fitting action aligned with dharma—especially by those disciplined through tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana states that the listeners have understood both the reason behind a curse and the curse itself, and that the assembled ascetics will now undertake the appropriate course of action demanded by the situation.