Shloka 16
नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा
Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings
निमीलय स्वनयने जटां यावद् विशामि ते । स्थाणुभूतस्य तस्याथ जटां प्राविशदच्युत:
nimīlaya svanayane jaṭāṁ yāvad viśāmi te | sthāṇubhūtasya tasyātha jaṭāṁ prāviśad acyutaḥ ||
ビーシュマは語った。「聖者よ、しばし眼を閉じよ。わたしは汝の結髪（ジャター）の中へ入る。」聖仙が眼を閉じ、柱のごとく不動に立つや、法を踏み外さぬ剛毅なる者は、その結髪に入り—王を天より墜とすことを志した。まさにその時、インドラにも比すべき王ナフシャが、そのリシのもとへ近づき、彼を自らの乗り物の担い手（車を曳く者）とせんとした。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power without humility turns into adharma: the king’s desire to use a rishi as a mere bearer signals arrogance, and the narrative frames such overreach as a cause of inevitable downfall, while ascetic restraint and steadfast adherence to propriety remain the ethical ideal.
A sage is asked to close his eyes so another can enter his matted locks; the sage becomes motionless like a pillar. At that moment King Nahusha arrives, intending to make the rishi his vehicle, setting up the conflict that leads to Nahusha’s humiliation and fall.