Shloka 10

Adhyāya 12: Devas’ Petition to Nahūṣa; Bṛhaspati on Śaraṇāgata-Dharma; Indrāṇī’s Strategic Delay

Devanagari script

शल्य उवाच इत्युक्त्वा तं तदा देवा ऋषिभि: सह भारत । जम्मुर्ब॑हस्पतिं वक्तुमिन्द्राणीं चाशुभं वच:

Transliteration

śalya uvāca | ity uktvā taṃ tadā devā ṛṣibhiḥ saha bhārata | jagmur bṛhaspatiṃ vaktum indrāṇīṃ cāśubhaṃ vacaḥ ||

Translation

శల్యుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ భారతా! అతనితో అలా చెప్పిన తరువాత, ఆ సమయంలో దేవతలు ఋషులతో కలిసి బృహస్పతిని సంప్రదించడానికి, అలాగే ఇంద్రాణికి కూడా తక్షణ ప్రాముఖ్యమున్న (కఠిన) మాటలు చెప్పడానికి వెళ్లారు.

Word by Word

शल्यःShalya

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

तम्him

तदाthen

देवाःthe gods

ऋषिभिःwith sages

सहtogether with

भारतO Bharata

जग्मुःwent

बृहस्पतिम्to Brihaspati

वक्तुम्to speak

इन्द्राणीम्Indrani

चand

अशुभम्inauspicious

वचःwords/speech

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Devāḥ (the gods)

Ṛ

Ṛṣayaḥ (seers)

Bṛhaspati

Indrāṇī (Śacī)

Bhārata (vocative epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a situation becomes urgent or morally complex, one should seek guidance from established sources of wisdom—teachers and realized seers—rather than acting from haste or passion; authoritative counsel is portrayed as a safeguard for dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a prior statement has been made to a certain person, the gods, accompanied by the ṛṣis, proceed to consult Bṛhaspati (their preceptor) and Indrāṇī, indicating a turn toward deliberation and strategic-ethical counsel.