Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 102 Shloka 22 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 22

Dhūpa–Dīpa–Bali Phala Praśna; Nahūṣa–Agastya–Bhṛgu Saṃvāda

Incense, Lamp, and Bali Offerings; the Nahūṣa Dialogue

Devanagari script

भूगुरुवाच पितामहनियोगेन भवन्तं सो5हमागत: । प्रतिकर्तु बलवति नहुषे दैवमोहिते

Transliteration

Bhṛgur uvāca: pitāmaha-niyogena bhavantaṃ so ’ham āgataḥ | pratikartuṃ balavati Nahuṣe daiva-mohite ||

Translation

ພຣຶກຸ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດ້ວຍຄຳສັ່ງຂອງພຣະປິຕາມະຫາ (ພຣະພຣົມ) ເຮົາຈຶ່ງມາຫາທ່ານ. ນະຫຸສະ ຜູ້ມີລິດທິແຮງ ຖືກຊະຕາກຳບັງຕາ ແລະຫຼົງທາງ; ບັດນີ້ເຖິງເວລາຈະທວງຄືນຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳ ສຳລັບການກົດຂີ່ທີ່ເຂົາໄດ້ກະທຳຕໍ່ບັນດາຣິສີ»។

Word by Word

भृगुःBhṛgu (the sage)

उवाचsaid

पितामहof the Grandfather (Brahmā)

नियोगेनby the command/appointment

भवन्तम्you (honorific)

सःthat (he)/I (emphatic: that very one)

अहम्I

आगतःcome/arrived

प्रतिकर्तुम्to retaliate / to requite

बलवतिin/with respect to the powerful one

नहुषेin Nahusha

दैवby fate/divine influence

मोहितेdeluded

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhṛgu

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Nahuṣa

Agastya (addressee implied by 'bhavantam')

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (sages; implied by context of oppression)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power without self-restraint leads to adharma; when a ruler, deluded by fate and pride, harms the righteous (ṛṣis), dharma demands accountability and proportionate requital to restore moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhṛgu reports that Brahmā has commissioned him to approach Agastya, because King Nahuṣa—though powerful—has become deluded and oppressive; the sages are preparing to respond so that his wrongdoing against ṛṣis is answered and checked.