Shloka 6
Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)
एतदिच्छामि भगवन् कथ्यमान द्विजोत्तम | परिभ्रष्ट: कथं स्वर्गान्नहुष: पापनिश्चय:
etad icchāmi bhagavan kathyamāna dvijottama | paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ svargān nahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ ||
ಭಗವನ್, ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮ! ನೀವು ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ ನಾನು ಇದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಪಾಪನಿಶ್ಚಯ ಮಾಡಿದ ನಹುಷನು ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಿಂದ ಹೇಗೆ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟನಾಗಿ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದನು?
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry: even one who reaches heavenly status can fall when guided by pāpa-niścaya—deliberate resolve toward wrongdoing. It highlights accountability and the fragility of exalted power when dharma is abandoned.
Śalya addresses a Brahmin narrator and requests the detailed account of Nahuṣa’s downfall—specifically, how Nahuṣa, after adopting a sinful intention, was cast down from Svarga.