Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

तेजस्वी च यशस्वी च धार्मिकश्नैव नित्यदा । शल्य कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! इस प्रकार (स्वर्गमें अराजकता हो जानेपर) ऋषियों

Transliteration

tejasvī ca yaśasvī ca dhārmikaś caiva nityadā |

Translation

ရှလျက ပြောသည်– «(ဒေဝတို့နှင့် ရှင်တို့က ကြေညာကြသည်) ‘ဤဂုဏ်သရေရှိသော နဟုရှကို အိန္ဒြာ၏ရာထူး၌ အဘိသေက ချီးမြှောက်သင့်သည်။ အကြောင်းမူကား သူသည် တေဇဿ (အာနုဘော်) ထွန်းလင်း၍ ယశ (ဂုဏ်သတင်း) ထင်ရှားကာ ဓမ္မ၌ အမြဲတမ်း တည်ကြည်သူဖြစ်၏’»

Word by Word

• tejasvī: splendid, radiant
• tejasvī: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• yaśasvī: famous, glorious
• yaśasvī: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvin
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• dhārmikaḥ: righteous, devoted to dharma
• dhārmikaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhārmika
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• eva: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• nityadā: always, at all times
• nityadā: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityadā

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Shalya
• Yudhishthira
• Nahusha
• Rishis
• Devas (gods)
• Deveshvara (Lord of the gods/Indra’s office)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority and leadership are portrayed as legitimate when grounded in enduring dharma, supported by personal excellence (tejas) and public trust or reputation (yaśas).

What is happening in the narrative?

In a situation of disorder in heaven, sages and gods agree that Nahusha should be installed in Indra’s position because he is powerful, renowned, and consistently righteous.