Shloka 13

Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)

Devanagari script

तेनाभूद्धततेजाश्न नि:श्रीकश्न महीपति: । ततस्तं तमसा55विग्नमवोचं भृूशपीडितम्‌,इससे उसका सारा तेज नष्ट हो गया। वह राजा श्रीहीन हो गया। तब तमोगुणमें डूबकर अत्यन्त पीड़ित हुए नहुषसे मैंने इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

tenābhūd dhata-tejāś ca niḥśrīkaś ca mahīpatiḥ | tatas taṃ tamasāviṣṭam avochaṃ bhṛśa-pīḍitam ||

Translation

সেই কর্মে তার সমস্ত তেজ নিভে গেল, আর সেই নৃপতি শ্রীহীন হল। তারপর তমসে আচ্ছন্ন ও অত্যন্ত পীড়িত নহুষকে আমি বললাম—

Word by Word

• तेन: by that / thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभूत्: became / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हततेजाः: with (his) splendor destroyed
• हततेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-तेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निःश्रीकः: devoid of fortune/majesty
• निःश्रीकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः-श्रीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तमसा: by darkness / by tamas
• तमसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अविग्नम्: unhindered / undisturbed
• अविग्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-विघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवोचम्: I said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Imperfect (past), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भृशपीडितम्: severely afflicted
• भृशपीडितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृश-पीडित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Nahusha
• mahīpati (the king)