यन्निमित्त: स वै शापो यादृशो द्विजसत्तम । कथमेकात्मनां भेद एतत् सर्वं वदस्व मे ॥ ९ ॥
yan-nimittaḥ sa vai śāpo yādṛśo dvija-sattama katham ekātmanāṁ bheda etat sarvaṁ vadasva me
- yat-nimittaḥ
- arising by what cause
- saḥ
- that
- vai
- indeed
- śāpaḥ
- curse
- yādṛśaḥ
- what kind
- dvija-sat-tama
- O purest of twice-born brāhmaṇas
- katham
- how
- eka-ātmanām
- of those who shared the same soul (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
- bhedaḥ
- the disagreement
- etat
- this
- sarvam
- all
- vadasva
- please tell
- me
- to me
King Parīkṣit continued inquiring: What was the motive for this curse? What did it consist of, O purest of the twice-born? And how could such a disagreement have arisen among the Yadus, who all shared the same goal of life? Please tell me all these things.