Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अथ शुश्राव नहुष: शक्राणीं शरणं गताम्‌ | बृहस्पतेरज्ञिरसश्लुक्रोध स नृपस्तदा

Transliteration

atha śuśrāva nahuṣaḥ śakrāṇīṁ śaraṇaṁ gatām | bṛhaspater aṅgirasaś ca krodhaḥ sa nṛpas tadā ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ നഹുഷൻ ശക്രാണി (ഇന്ദ്രാണി) ശരണം പ്രാപിച്ചതായി കേട്ടു; അതേ സമയത്ത് ആ രാജാവ് ബൃഹസ്പതിയുടെയും ആംഗിരസ ഋഷിമാരുടെയും ക്രോധം തന്റെ മേൽ വരുത്തി.

Word by Word

अथthen

शुश्रावheard

नहुषःNahusha

शक्राणीम्Śacī (Indra's wife)

शरणम्refuge

गताम्having gone (to), having taken (refuge)

बृहस्पतेःof Bṛhaspati

अङ्गिरसःof Aṅgiras

चand

क्रोधम्anger

सःhe

नृपःthe king

तदाthen, at that time

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nahuṣa

Śakrāṇī (Indrāṇī)

Bṛhaspati

Aṅgirasa(s) (Aṅgiras lineage sages)

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?

The verse highlights the dharmic principle that one who has taken refuge must not be violated or coerced; arrogance toward the protected and disregard for moral boundaries provokes the anger of sages and the moral order, leading to downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Nahuṣa episode being recalled, Indrāṇī (Śakrāṇī) seeks protection; Nahuṣa learns of her taking refuge, and his subsequent conduct brings upon him the wrath of Bṛhaspati and the Aṅgirasa sages, foreshadowing consequences for his overreach.