Shloka 11

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

Incense, Lamp, and Bali Offerings; the Nahūṣa Dialogue

Devanagari script

स ऋषीन्‌ वाहयामास वरदानमदान्वित: । परिहीणक्रियश्वैव दुर्बलत्वमुपेयिवान्‌

Transliteration

sa ṛṣīn vāhayāmāsa varadānamadānvitāḥ | parihīṇakriyaś caiva durbalatvam upeyivān |

Translation

വരദാനജന്യമായ അഹങ്കാരമദത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി അവൻ ഋഷിമാരെ തന്റെ വാഹനം വഹിപ്പിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി. അതിനാൽ ധർമ്മാചാരവും നിയതകർമ്മങ്ങളും വിട്ടു വീണു; പിന്നെ ദുർബലനായി—ധർമ്മബലം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടവനായി.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वाहयामास: caused (them) to carry/draw; made (them) pull
• वाहयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• वरदानमदान्वितः: endowed with the intoxication (pride) of a boon
• वरदानमदान्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरदान-मद-अन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिहीणक्रियः: deprived of (proper) rites/actions; having abandoned duties
• परिहीणक्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-हीण-क्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दुर्बलत्वम्: weakness
• दुर्बलत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्बलत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपेयिवान्: having attained; having come to
• उपेयिवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ
• Form: Perfect active participle (कृत्: क्तवत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ṛṣi (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power or extraordinary gifts (boons) can breed arrogance; when one violates dharma—especially by humiliating the virtuous—one loses inner strength and declines. Dharma is presented as the true source of bala (strength).

What is happening in the narrative?

A person, intoxicated by the pride of having received boons, compels sages to act as his bearers. This disrespect and abandonment of proper conduct causes him to become spiritually and morally weakened.