Shloka 19

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

यत्र वक्ष्यसि तत्र त्वां नयिष्यामि सुराधिप । इत्युक्तो नहुषस्तेन योजयामास त॑ मुनिम्‌

Transliteration

yatra vakṣyasi tatra tvāṁ nayiṣyāmi surādhipa | ity ukto nahuṣas tena yojayāmāsa taṁ munim ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“天界之主啊，你命我往何处，我便载你往何处。”听他如此说，那胡沙便令那位仙人被套上战车。

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• वक्ष्यसि: you will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Lrt (simple future), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, accusative, singular

• नयिष्यामि: I will lead/take
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Lrt (simple future), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• सुराधिप: O lord of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been told / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• नहुषः: Nahusha
• नहुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• योजयामास: he yoked / made (someone) be yoked
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Lit (perfect), 3, singular, Parasmaipada, true

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Nahusha
• Indra (Suradhipa)
• Agastya (muni, implied by context)
• chariot

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power must be exercised within dharma: compelling a sage into degrading labor out of pride is adharma, and such arrogance becomes the seed of one’s ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra is to be carried to a place he indicates; Nahusha, having been told this, orders that the sage (Agastya in the surrounding narrative) be yoked to the chariot, forcing him to serve as the bearer.