Shloka 27
Cavana’s Tests of Kuśika and the Queen (अध्याय ५३: च्यवन–कुशिक-परिक्षा)
जालके साथ नदीमेंसे निकाले गये महर्षि च्यवन इत्युक्तास्ते निषादास्तु सुभुशं॑ भयकम्पिता: । सर्वे विवर्णवदना नहुषाय न्यवेदयन्
jālakena sārdhaṁ nadīmadhyān niṣkālitā maharṣiś cyavana iti uktās te niṣādās tu subhṛśaṁ bhayakampitāḥ | sarve vivarṇavadanā nahuṣāya nyavedayan ||
ビーシュマは言った。網とともに川から引き上げられた大聖仙がチャヴァナ（Cyavana）であると告げられるや、ニシャーダたちは激しい恐怖に襲われた。彼らは身を震わせ、顔色を失い、ただちにナフシャ王のもとへ赴いて、一部始終を報告した。この挿話は、無垢なる者を害することの法（ダルマ）的な重みと、尊ぶべき苦行者を過って傷つけたと悟ったときに生じる戦慄を示している。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of inadvertently harming a venerable sage: once the Nishadas realize the person they dragged out is Maharshi Cyavana, fear and remorse arise, and they seek proper authority (the king) to report and address the wrongdoing—implying accountability and reverence toward ascetics as a pillar of dharma.
Fishermen (Nishadas) pull someone from the river along with a net; when they learn he is the great sage Cyavana, they panic, tremble, turn pale, and immediately go to King Nahusha to report the incident in full.