Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 54 Shloka 4 - Mahabharata | Spanish | Vedapath

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Shloka 4

Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)

Devanagari script

नहुष उवाच करवाणि प्रियं कि ते तन्‍मे ब्रूहि द्विजोत्तम । सर्व कर्तास्मि भगवन्‌ यद्यपि स्यात्‌ सुदुष्करम्‌

Transliteration

Nahuṣa uvāca: karavāṇi priyaṁ ki te tan me brūhi dvijottama | sarva-kartāsmi bhagavan yady api syāt suduṣkaram ||

Translation

Dijo Nahuṣa: «¿Qué servicio grato puedo hacer por ti? Dímelo, oh el mejor de los dos veces nacidos. Venerable señor, estoy dispuesto a hacerlo todo, aunque sea sumamente difícil».

Word by Word

नहुषःNahusha

उवाचsaid

करवाणिmay I do

प्रियम्what is pleasing / a favor

किम्what?

तेfor you / to you

तत्that

मेto me / for me

ब्रूहिtell (me)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmin)

सर्वम्everything

कर्तास्मिI am (ready to be) the doer / I will do

भगवन्O venerable one / O lord

यदिif

अपिeven / also

स्यात्should be / were to be

सुदुष्करम्very difficult

Speaker

नहुष उवाच

Characters & Entities

न

नहुष (Nahuṣa)

द

द्विजोत्तम (a Brahmin addressed as 'best of the twice-born')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic attitude of humility and readiness to serve the worthy: one should ask what is truly beneficial to the respected teacher/elder and commit to it even when the duty is difficult.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nahuṣa addresses a revered Brahmin, asking what act would please him and declaring his willingness to carry out any instruction, even if it proves extremely hard.