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Shloka 4

Nahūṣa’s Pride, the Ṛṣi-Borne Palanquin, and the Search for Indra (नहुष-इन्द्राणी-प्रकरणम्)

ऋषियानेन दिव्येन मामुपैहि जगत्पते । एवं तव वशे प्रीता भविष्यामीति तं॑ वद,'शुभे! तुम्हें गुप्तरूपसे यह कार्य करना है। कहीं (भी इसे) प्रकट न करना। सुमध्यमे! तुम एकान्तमें नहुषके पास जाकर कहो--जगत्पते! आप दिव्य ऋषियानपर बैठकर मेरे पास आइये। ऐसा होनेपर मैं प्रसन्नतापूर्वक आपके वशमें हो जाऊँगी”

ṛṣiyānena divyena mām upaihi jagatpate | evaṁ tava vaśe prītā bhaviṣyāmīti taṁ vada ||

Śalya ordena: «Dile a Nahuṣa: “Señor del mundo, ven a mí sentado sobre los ṛṣi divinos como tu vehículo. Si lo haces, me someteré a tu dominio con agrado”».

ऋषियानेनby/with the r̥ṣiyāna (seer’s vehicle)
ऋषियानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऋषियान
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
दिव्येनdivine
दिव्येन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
उपैहिcome near / come (to me)
उपैहि:
TypeVerb
Rootइ (उप-इ)
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
जगत्पतेO lord of the world
जगत्पते:
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्पति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
तवof you / your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
वशेin (your) control / under (your) power
वशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रीताpleased, satisfied
प्रीता:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्री (क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यामिI shall be / I will become
भविष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वदsay / tell
वद:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

शल्य उवाच

Ś
Śalya
N
Nahūṣa
J
jagatpati (epithet used for Nahūṣa)
ṛṣiyāna (divine ṛṣi-vehicle)

Educational Q&A

The verse foregrounds how secrecy and conditional promises can be used to gain power over another, inviting ethical reflection on whether ends justify means and how desire can be manipulated through carefully framed consent.

Śalya directs a woman to approach Nahūṣa privately and deliver a message: she will become pleased and submit to him if he comes to her riding a divine ṛṣi-vehicle, with the instruction that the plan must remain hidden.