Shloka 15

Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)

Devanagari script

यच्चापि त्वमृषीन्‌ मूढ ब्रह्मुकल्पान्‌ दुरासदान्‌

Transliteration

yaccāpi tvam ṛṣīn mūḍha brahmukalpān durāsadān

Translation

ထို့ပြင် အမိုက်မဲသောသူရေ၊ သင်သည် ဗြဟ္မာတော်ကဲ့သို့သော ရှင်သန်မြင့်မြတ်သည့် ရှင်ရသီတို့ကိုပင် ရင်ဆိုင်ဝံ့ခဲ့သည်—သူတို့သည် ချဉ်းကပ်ရန်ခက်ခဲ၍ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသူများဖြစ်၏။ ထိုကိစ္စက သင်၏ မဆင်မခြင်မာနနှင့် အမှန်တကယ်သော ဓမ္မအာဏာကို မခွဲခြားနိုင်မှုကို ထင်ရှားစေသည်။

Word by Word

• यत्: and that which / that (fact) that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्
• Form: relative pronoun (neuter singular accusative used adverbially: 'that which/that')

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: particle

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine (pronoun), nominative, singular

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• मूढ: O deluded one / O fool
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular (addressing 'you')

• ब्रह्मकल्पान्: Brahma-like / equal to Brahmā
• ब्रह्मकल्पान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मकल्प
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with ऋषीन्)

• दुरासदान्: hard to approach / unassailable
• दुरासदान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with ऋषीन्)

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• ṛṣis (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should recognize and honor spiritual authority; arrogance that leads one to challenge or disrespect great sages is portrayed as delusion and a breach of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Agastya rebukes the addressed person, pointing out that he has even taken on mighty ṛṣis—Brahma-like and unapproachable—highlighting the speaker’s condemnation of the person’s folly and overconfidence.