Shloka 6
Nahūṣa’s Fall Explained: Agastya’s Account to Indra (Śalya-narrated)
एतदिच्छामि भगवन् कथ्यमान द्विजोत्तम | परिभ्रष्ट: कथं स्वर्गान्नहुष: पापनिश्चय:
etad icchāmi bhagavan kathyamāna dvijottama | paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ svargān nahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ ||
اے بھگون، اے دْوِجوں میں برتر! میں آپ کی زبانِ مبارک سے یہ سننا چاہتا ہوں کہ گناہ کا ارادہ باندھنے والا نہوش کس طرح سُوَرگ سے بھٹک کر نیچے گرا؟
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry: even one who reaches heavenly status can fall when guided by pāpa-niścaya—deliberate resolve toward wrongdoing. It highlights accountability and the fragility of exalted power when dharma is abandoned.
Śalya addresses a Brahmin narrator and requests the detailed account of Nahuṣa’s downfall—specifically, how Nahuṣa, after adopting a sinful intention, was cast down from Svarga.