Shloka 11
Adhyāya 5 (Śānti-parva): Nārada’s account of Karṇa—Jarāsandha encounter and the causal grounds of Karṇa’s fall
ब्राह्मणस्याभिशापेन रामस्य च महात्मन: । कुन्त्याश्न वरदानेन मायया च शतक्रतो:
brāhmaṇasyābhiśāpena rāmasya ca mahātmanaḥ | kuntyāś ca varadānena māyayā ca śatakratoḥ ||
那罗陀说道：“因一位婆罗门的诅咒，又因大魂罗摩（帕罗修罗摩）的诅咒；因昆蒂所赐之恩许；又因释迦克罗图（因陀罗）的幻术计谋（māyā）——诸缘并作，遂致其败亡。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how moral causality operates through multiple channels—curses incurred by wrongdoing or deception, boons given for protection, and divine stratagems—showing that outcomes in the epic are not due to a single factor but to an accumulation of ethical and karmic conditions.
Nārada is enumerating the forces that contributed to a warrior’s eventual defeat: a Brāhmaṇa’s curse, Paraśurāma’s curse, Kuntī’s boon, and Indra’s deceptive act. The verse functions as a compact causal summary within the larger reflection on how victory and defeat arise.