Shloka 7
Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect
समेत्य राज्ञा वृषपर्वणा ते प्रत्यर्चितास्तेन च वीतमोहा: शशंसिरे विस्तरश: प्रवासं गिरौ यथावद् वृषपर्वणस्ते
sametya rājñā vṛṣaparvaṇā te pratyarcitāstena ca vītamohāḥ | śaśaṃsire vistaraśaḥ pravāsaṃ girau yathāvad vṛṣaparvaṇaste ||
ولما اجتمعوا بالملك فْرِشَپَرفَن أكرمهم إكرامًا يليق بهم؛ ثم لما زال عنهم الوهم والاضطراب، قصّوا عليه بالتفصيل خبر مقامهم في الجبل، على وجهه كما وقع، لذلك فْرِشَپَرفَن بعينه.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical speech and social order: after receiving proper hospitality from a ruler, one should respond with clear-minded, truthful, and complete reporting (yathāvat, vistaraśaḥ), showing gratitude and integrity rather than confusion or concealment.
A group meets King Vṛṣaparvan, is respectfully received, and then recounts to him—accurately and in detail—the events of their stay on a mountain, with their earlier uncertainty now removed.