Shloka 11

Dhūpa–Dīpa–Bali Phala Praśna; Nahūṣa–Agastya–Bhṛgu Saṃvāda

Incense, Lamp, and Bali Offerings; the Nahūṣa Dialogue

Devanagari script

स ऋषीन्‌ वाहयामास वरदानमदान्वित: । परिहीणक्रियश्वैव दुर्बलत्वमुपेयिवान्‌

Transliteration

sa ṛṣīn vāhayāmāsa varadānamadānvitāḥ | parihīṇakriyaś caiva durbalatvam upeyivān |

Translation

قال بهيشما: إذ استبدّت به نشوةُ الكِبْرِ المولودةُ من النِّعَمِ والهِبات، جعل الحكماءَ من الرِّشِيّين حَمَلةً له. فابتعد بذلك عن السلوك الديني القويم وعن الواجبات المقرَّرة، فغدا ضعيفًا—محرومًا من القوّة التي يمنحها الدَّرما.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वाहयामास: caused (them) to carry/draw; made (them) pull
• वाहयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• वरदानमदान्वितः: endowed with the intoxication (pride) of a boon
• वरदानमदान्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरदान-मद-अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिहीणक्रियः: deprived of (proper) rites/actions; having abandoned duties
• परिहीणक्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-हीण-क्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दुर्बलत्वम्: weakness
• दुर्बलत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्बलत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपेयिवान्: having attained; having come to
• उपेयिवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ
• Form: Perfect active participle (कृत्: क्तवत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ṛṣi (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power or extraordinary gifts (boons) can breed arrogance; when one violates dharma—especially by humiliating the virtuous—one loses inner strength and declines. Dharma is presented as the true source of bala (strength).

What is happening in the narrative?

A person, intoxicated by the pride of having received boons, compels sages to act as his bearers. This disrespect and abandonment of proper conduct causes him to become spiritually and morally weakened.