Shloka 17

Upaśruti Guides Indrāṇī to Indra; Indrāṇī Reports Nahuṣa’s Misconduct (उपश्रुति-इन्द्राणी-इन्द्रदर्शन प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

एतेन चाहं सम्प्राप्ता द्रुतं शक्र तवान्तिकम्‌ | जहि रौद्रं महाबाहो नहुषं पापनिश्चयम्‌

Transliteration

etena cāhaṃ samprāptā drutaṃ śakra tavāntikam | jahi raudraṃ mahābāho nahuṣaṃ pāpaniścayam ||

Translation

“ထိုကြောင့်ပင် ငါသည် အလျင်အမြန် သင်၏အနီးသို့ ရောက်လာခြင်းဖြစ်၏၊ အို သက္ကရာ (Śakra) ရေ။ အို လက်တံကြီးသော အရှင်! အပြစ်ကို အဆုံးအဖြတ်ထားသော ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် နဟုရှကို သတ်ပစ်တော်မူပါ။”

Word by Word

• एतेन: by this, for this reason
• एतेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्ता: having come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अन्तिकम्: near presence, vicinity
• अन्तिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जहि: kill, slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रौद्रम्: fierce, dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नहुषम्: Nahusha
• नहुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पापनिश्चयम्: one of sinful resolve/intent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Nahusha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a ruler or powerful agent becomes fixed in sinful intent (pāpaniścaya) and turns fierce (raudra), dharma calls for decisive restraint and protection of the threatened order; moral urgency justifies swift appeal to rightful authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker urgently approaches Śakra (Indra) and petitions him to act immediately by killing Nahusha, portrayed as terrifying and morally corrupt, implying an imminent danger that requires divine intervention.