Shloka 23
Nahuṣa Abhiṣeka and the Crisis of Restraint (नहुषाभिषेकः—दमभ्रंशः)
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bṛhaspatir uvāca—śakrāṇīṃ bhaya-mohitām etad āha: devi, mayā yat tvayi proktaṃ tat sarvam avaśyaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati. tvaṃ śīghram eva devarājam indram iha āgataṃ drakṣyasi. nahuṣāt te bhayaṃ na kartavyam. satyaṃ bravīmi—alpair eva ahobhir tvāṃ indreṇa saha saṃyojayiṣyāmi.
ブリハスパティは、恐れと迷いに揺さぶられるシャクラーニー（インドラーニー）に告げた。「女神よ、私が汝に語ったことはすべて必ず真となる。まもなく汝は、天界の王インドラがここへ帰り来たるのを見るであろう。ナフーシャを恐れてはならぬ。私は真実を語る—幾日も経ぬうちに、汝をインドラと再び結び合わせよう。」
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes satya (truthfulness) and steadiness in fear: wise counsel grounded in truth restores courage, and one should not be ruled by panic when dharmic order is being re-established.
Indrāṇī, distressed and frightened because of Nahuṣa’s ascendancy, is consoled by Bṛhaspati. He assures her that Indra will soon return and that she will be reunited with him, so she should not fear Nahuṣa.