Shloka 14
Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)
भीष्म उवाच महर्षेरवचनं श्रुत्वा नहुषो दुःखकर्शित: । स चिन्तयामास तदा सहामात्यपुरोहित:
bhīṣma uvāca mahārṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā nahuṣo duḥkhakarśitaḥ | sa cintayāmāsa tadā sahāmātya-purohitaḥ ||
قال بيشما: «يا يودهيشتيرا! لما سمع الملك نهوشا كلام الحكيم العظيم—وقد أنهكه الحزن—اشتدّ اضطرابه واعتراه كرب شديد. ثم شرع، مع وزرائه وكاهن أسرته، يتشاورون ويتدبّرون ما الذي ينبغي فعله.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should receive a sage’s admonition with seriousness and respond through thoughtful deliberation and consultation with qualified advisors (ministers and priest), rather than acting rashly under the pressure of grief.
Bhishma narrates that after hearing a great sage’s words, King Nahusha becomes grief-stricken and then begins to consider the matter carefully, consulting his ministers and his purohita to decide the proper course.