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Shloka 26

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

बहुविघ्न: सुरा: काल: काल: कालं॑ नयिष्यति । गर्वितो बलवांश्षापि नहुषो वरसंश्रयात्‌,देवताओ! समय अनेक प्रकारके विघ्नोंसे भरा होता है। इस समय नहुष आपलोगोंके वरदानके प्रभावसे बलवान्‌ और गर्वीला हो गया है। काल ही उसे कालके गालमें पहुँचा देगा

bahuvighnaḥ surāḥ kālaḥ kālaḥ kālaṁ nayiṣyati | garvito balavānś cāpi nahuṣo varasaṁśrayāt ||

โอ้เหล่าเทพ กาลเวลานั้นเต็มไปด้วยอุปสรรคนานาประการ กาล—กาลเองนั่นแหละ—จักพาเขาไปสู่จุดจบอันกำหนดไว้ นหุษะอาศัยอานุภาพแห่งพรของพวกท่านจึงแข็งแกร่งและหยิ่งผยอง แต่กาลเท่านั้นที่จะส่งเขาเข้าสู่ขากรรไกรแห่งความตาย

बहुविघ्नःfull of many obstacles
बहुविघ्नः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुविघ्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुराःO gods
सुराः:
TypeNoun
Rootसुर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural
कालःTime / Death
कालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कालःTime / Death
कालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कालम्to death / to the end (lit. time/death)
कालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नयिष्यतिwill lead
नयिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootनी
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गर्वितःproud
गर्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगर्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बलवान्strong
बलवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबलवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven / also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नहुषःNahusha
नहुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनहुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वरसंश्रयात्because of reliance on a boon / from the support of a boon
वरसंश्रयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootवर-संश्रय
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
देवताःO deities
देवताः:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Vocative, Plural

शल्य उवाच

S
Shalya
S
Suras (the gods)
K
Kāla (Time/Death)
N
Nahusha

Educational Q&A

Power gained through boons or fortune can inflate pride, but arrogance cannot override cosmic order; Kāla (Time/Fate) ultimately humbles and ends all worldly ascendancy.

Shalya addresses the gods, warning that the present situation is filled with obstacles: Nahusha, empowered by their boon, has become strong and conceited, yet Time itself will bring about his downfall and death.