Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मया प्रलब्धो ब्रह्मर्षिनरिद: सुमहातपा: । तेन मन्युपरीतेन शप्तो5स्मि मनुजाधिप

Transliteration

mayā pralabdho brahmarṣir naridaḥ sumahātapāḥ | tena manyuparītena śapto 'smi manujādhipa ||

Translation

布里哈达湿婆说道：“我曾欺骗过梵仙那罗陀——一位苦行极其深厚的圣者。因那事而怒，他便降下诅咒于我，噢，人中之主。”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रलब्धः: was mocked/insulted
• प्रलब्धः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-लभ्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मर्षिः: a Brahmarshi (brahmin sage)
• ब्रह्मर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नरिदः: Narida (proper name)
• नरिदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरिद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुमहातपाः: of very great austerity
• सुमहातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहातपस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मन्युपरीतेन: overcome by anger
• मन्युपरीतेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्यु-परि-इ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन

• मनुजाधिप: O lord of men (king)
• मनुजाधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुजाधिप
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

ब॒हदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Deceit toward the virtuous—especially those endowed with tapas—invites serious consequences. The verse underscores ethical restraint in speech and conduct, and the moral weight carried by actions done in arrogance or play that harm others.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva explains to the king that he once deceived the sage Nārada. Nārada, angered by this offense, cursed him—setting the background for why Bṛhadaśva is in his present condition and why he recounts this episode.