Shloka 10

Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)

Devanagari script

नहुष उवाच कोटि: प्रदीयतां मूल्यं निषादेभ्य: पुरोहित । यदेतदपि नो मूल्यमतो भूय: प्रदीयताम्‌

Transliteration

Nahuṣa uvāca: koṭiḥ pradīyatāṁ mūlyaṁ niṣādebhyaḥ purohita | yad etad api no mūlyam ato bhūyaḥ pradīyatām ||

Translation

Нахуша сказал: «О жрец, пусть этим нишадам будет дано в цену одно коти (десять миллионов). А если и это не будет достаточной ценой, пусть будет дано ещё больше».

Word by Word

• नहुषः: Nahusha
• नहुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रदीयताम्: let (it) be given / should be given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (प्र+दा)
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• मूल्यम्: price, value
• मूल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निषादेभ्यः: to the Nishadas
• निषादेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषाद
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• पुरोहित: O priest
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोहित
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• नः: of us / our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• मूल्यम्: price, value
• मूल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अतः: therefore, then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• भूयः: more, again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• प्रदीयताम्: let (it) be given / should be given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (प्र+दा)
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

नहुष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• नहुष (Nahuṣa)
• पुरोहित (Purohita)
• निषाद (Niṣāda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical problem: attempting to resolve a moral or social wrong purely through monetary compensation. It invites reflection on whether wealth can truly measure the value of persons, dignity, or dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Nahuṣa instructs his priest to give the Niṣādas an enormous payment—one crore as a ‘price’—and authorizes increasing it if it is still deemed insufficient, framing the situation as a negotiable settlement.