Shloka 37

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

सो5भिषिक्तो भगवता देवराज्ये च वासव:

Transliteration

so’bhiṣikto bhagavatā devarājye ca vāsavaḥ

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「かくして、主によって灌頂（アビシェーカ）を受けたヴァーサヴァ（インドラ）は、神々の主権の座に据えられた。」

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिषिक्तः: anointed, consecrated
• अभिषिक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवता: by the Lord / by the Blessed one
• भगवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवराज्ये: in the sovereignty/kingship of the gods
• देवराज्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Devarājya (sovereignty of the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority becomes dharmically valid when it is established through proper consecration and higher sanction, implying that rulership should be grounded in sacred order and responsibility rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma states that Indra (Vāsava) was anointed by the Lord and thereby installed as the king of the gods, presenting Indra’s sovereignty as formally and divinely confirmed.