Shloka 15
Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)
Devanagari script
यच्चापि त्वमृषीन् मूढ ब्रह्मुकल्पान् दुरासदान्
Transliteration
yaccāpi tvam ṛṣīn mūḍha brahmukalpān durāsadān
Translation
और हे मूढ़! तुमने उन ब्रह्मतुल्य, दुर्धर्ष और दुर्गम ऋषियों का भी सामना करने का दुस्साहस किया; इससे तुम्हारा उन्मत्त अभिमान और सच्चे आध्यात्मिक अधिकार को न पहचान पाने की दुर्बुद्धि प्रकट होती है।
Word by Word
यत्and that which / that (fact) that
यत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्
Formrelative pronoun (neuter singular accusative used adverbially: 'that which/that')
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Formconjunction
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Formparticle
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formmasculine (pronoun), nominative, singular
ऋषीन्sages
ऋषीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
मूढO deluded one / O fool
मूढ:
TypeAdjective
Rootमूढ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular (addressing 'you')
ब्रह्मकल्पान्Brahma-like / equal to Brahmā
ब्रह्मकल्पान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मकल्प
Formmasculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with ऋषीन्)
दुरासदान्hard to approach / unassailable
दुरासदान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदुरासद
Formmasculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with ऋषीन्)
Speaker
अगस्त्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
AgastyaṚ
ṛṣis (sages)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
One should recognize and honor spiritual authority; arrogance that leads one to challenge or disrespect great sages is portrayed as delusion and a breach of dharma.
Agastya rebukes the addressed person, pointing out that he has even taken on mighty ṛṣis—Brahma-like and unapproachable—highlighting the speaker’s condemnation of the person’s folly and overconfidence.