Shloka 23
Nahuṣa Abhiṣeka and the Crisis of Restraint (नहुषाभिषेकः—दमभ्रंशः)
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bṛhaspatir uvāca—śakrāṇīṃ bhaya-mohitām etad āha: devi, mayā yat tvayi proktaṃ tat sarvam avaśyaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati. tvaṃ śīghram eva devarājam indram iha āgataṃ drakṣyasi. nahuṣāt te bhayaṃ na kartavyam. satyaṃ bravīmi—alpair eva ahobhir tvāṃ indreṇa saha saṃyojayiṣyāmi.
Bṛhaspati disse a Śakrāṇī (Indrāṇī), abalada pelo medo e pela confusão: “Deusa, tudo o que te disse certamente se tornará verdade. Muito em breve verás Indra, o rei dos deuses, retornado aqui. Não deves temer Nahuṣa. Digo a verdade: em poucos dias eu te reunirei com Indra.”
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes satya (truthfulness) and steadiness in fear: wise counsel grounded in truth restores courage, and one should not be ruled by panic when dharmic order is being re-established.
Indrāṇī, distressed and frightened because of Nahuṣa’s ascendancy, is consoled by Bṛhaspati. He assures her that Indra will soon return and that she will be reunited with him, so she should not fear Nahuṣa.