Shloka 21
अग्निस्तुति, इन्द्रदर्शन, नहुष-भयवर्णन
Agni-hymn, discovery of Indra, and the Nahuṣa threat
ब॒हस्पतिर्वाच मानुषो नहुषो राजा देवर्षिगणतेजसा । देवराज्यमनुप्राप्त: सर्वान् नो बाधते भृूशम्
Bṛhaspatir uvāca mānuṣo Nahuṣo rājā devarṣi-gaṇa-tejasā | devarājyam anuprāptaḥ sarvān no bādhate bhṛśam ||
বৃহস্পতি ক’লে—“হে দেবেন্দ্ৰ! মানৱলোকৰ ৰজা নহুষ দেৱৰ্ষিসকলৰ তেজে বলীয়ান হৈ স্বৰ্গৰাজ্য লাভ কৰিছে; আৰু এতিয়া সি আমাৰ সকলোকে ভীষণভাৱে পীড়া দিছে।”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate power gained through others’ merit or spiritual force can still become destructive when driven by arrogance; dharma requires restraint and protection of others, not oppression.
Bṛhaspati reports that Nahuṣa, a human king, has obtained the rule of heaven through the potency associated with the divine seers and is now tormenting the gods, creating a crisis of order.