Shloka 6

Nahuṣa Abhiṣeka and the Crisis of Restraint (नहुषाभिषेकः—दमभ्रंशः)

Devanagari script

परस्परभयं घोरमस्माकं हि न संशय: । अभिषिच्यस्व राजेन्द्र भव राजा त्रिविष्टपे

Transliteration

parasparabhayaṁ ghoraṁ asmākaṁ hi na saṁśayaḥ | abhiṣicyasva rājendra bhava rājā trivīṣṭape ||

Translation

シャリヤは言った。「我らの間には、恐るべき相互の恐怖がある—疑いはない。ゆえに、王の中の最上よ、灌頂を受け、トリヴィシュタパ（天界）にて王となれ。」

Word by Word

• परस्परभयम्: mutual fear
• परस्परभयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्पर-भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिषिच्यस्व: have yourself consecrated / get anointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√सिच्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भव: become / be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Rājendra (addressed king)
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga/heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked mutual fear destabilizes a community; the remedy proposed is legitimate, ritually sanctioned leadership (abhiṣeka) to restore order and security.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya reports a situation of pervasive mutual fear and urges the addressed king (rājendra) to undergo consecration and assume sovereignty in Triviṣṭapa (heaven).