Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

नहुष उवाच उत्तिषोत्तिष्ठ विप्रर्षे गवा क्रीतोडसि भार्गव । एतन्मूल्यमहं मनन्‍्ये तव धर्मभूतां वर

Transliteration

Nahuṣa uvāca: uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha viprarṣe gavā krīto’si bhārgava | etan mūlyam ahaṃ manye tava dharmabhūtāṃ vara ||

Translation

నహుషుడు అన్నాడు—లేచెయ్యి, లేచెయ్యి, విప్రర్షీ! ఓ భార్గవా! ఒక గోవును ఇచ్చి నేను నిన్ను కొనుగోలు చేశాను; ధర్మవంతులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడా, ఇదే నీ తగిన మూల్యమని నేను భావిస్తున్నాను।

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise up
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise up
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गवा: with a cow (as the price)
• गवा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रीतः: bought
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्री
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 2, Singular

• भार्गव: O Bhargava (descendant of Bhrigu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

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

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

• मन्ये: I consider, I think
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, 1, Singular

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

• धर्मभूताम्: being rightful / in accordance with dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Past participle used adjectivally (bhūta)

• वरम्: best one; excellent (sir)
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नहुष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• नहुष (Nahuṣa)
• भार्गव (Bhārgava—descendant of Bhṛgu)
• गौ (cow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical failure: treating a righteous sage as property and reducing spiritual authority to a monetary ‘price.’ It warns that pride and misuse of power violate dharma, especially in relations between rulers and brahmin-seers.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Nahuṣa addresses a Bhārgava sage, commanding him to rise and asserting that he has ‘bought’ him with a cow—claiming this is the sage’s proper value. The scene underscores Nahuṣa’s overbearing conduct toward a dharmic ascetic.