Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.17
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5.17.1
अथ संचिन्तयानस्य देवराजस्य धीमतः ।
नहुषस्य वधोपायं लोकपालैः सदैवतैः ॥ ५.१७.१ ॥
Then, as the wise king of the gods pondered, together with the gods and world-guardians, a means of killing Nahuṣa.
5.17.2
तपस्वी तत्र भगवानगस्त्यः प्रत्यदृश्यत ।
सोऽब्रवीदर्च्य देवेन्द्रं दिष्ट्या वै वर्धते भवान् ॥ ५.१७.२ ॥
There the ascetic, the venerable Agastya, appeared. Honoring the lord of the gods, he said: "By good fortune, you are prospering."
5.17.3
विश्वरूपविनाशेन वृत्रासुरवधेन च ।
दिष्ट्याद्य नहुषो भ्रष्टो देवराज्यात्पुरन्दर ॥ ५.१७.३ ॥
Through the destruction of Viśvarūpa and the slaying of the asura Vṛtra, O Purandara, today by good fortune Nahuṣa has fallen from the kingship of the gods.
5.17.4
दिष्ट्या हतारिं पश्यामि भवन्तं वलसूदन ।
स्वागतं ते महर्षेऽस्तु प्रीतोऽहं दर्शनात्तत।
पाद्यमाचमनीयं च गामर्घ्यं च प्रतीच्छ मे ॥ ५.१७.४ ॥
Good fortune! I see you, slayer of Vala, with your enemy slain. Welcome to you, great sage; I am pleased by your sight. Accept from me water for the feet, water for sipping, a cow, and an offering of honor.
5.17.5
पूजितं चोपविष्टं तमासेन मुनिसत्तमम् ।
पर्यपृच्छत देवेशः प्रहृष्टो ब्राह्मणर्षभम् ॥ ५.१७.५ ॥
Honored and seated on a seat, the best of sages, the bull among brahmins, was asked by the delighted lord of the gods.
5.17.6
श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन्कथ्यमानं द्विजोत्तम ।
परिभ्रष्टः कथं स्वर्गान्नहुषः पापनिश्चयः ॥ ५.१७.६ ॥
I wish to hear, venerable one, O best of the twice-born, being told how Nahuṣa, resolved on evil, fell away from heaven.
5.17.7
श्रृणु शक्र प्रियं वाक्यं यथा राजा दुरात्मवान् ।
स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टो दुराचारो नहुषो बलदर्पितः ॥ ५.१७.७ ॥
Listen, Śakra, to a pleasing word: how the king Nahuṣa, evil-minded and of wicked conduct, intoxicated by his power, fell from heaven.
5.17.8
श्रमार्ताश्च वहन्तस्तं नहुषं पापकारिणम् ।
देवर्षयो महाभागास्तथा ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः ॥ ५.१७.८ ॥
And the divine sages, greatly fortunate, and the spotless brahmin sages, worn out with toil while carrying that evildoer Nahuṣa.
5.17.9
पप्रच्छुर्नहुषं देवं संशयं जयतां वर ।
य इमे ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्ता मन्त्रा वै प्रोक्षणे गवाम् ॥ ५.१७.९ ॥
O best of victors, they put a doubt to the god Nahuṣa concerning those sacred formulas that Brahmā declared for the sprinkling of cows.
5.17.10
एते प्रमाणं भवत उताहो नेति वासव ।
नहुषो नेति तानाह तमसा मूढचेतनः ॥ ५.१७.१० ॥
When asked, "O Vāsava, are these authoritative for you or not?", Nahuṣa, clouded in mind by darkness, answered them, "No."
5.17.11
अधर्मे संप्रवृत्तस्त्वं धर्मं न प्रतिपद्यसे ।
प्रमाणमेतदस्माकं पूर्वं प्रोक्तं महर्षिभिः ॥ ५.१७.११ ॥
You have turned to unrighteousness and do not follow dharma. This is our authority, declared long ago by the great sages.
5.17.12
ततो विवदमानः स मुनिभिः सह वासव ।
अथ मामस्पृशन्मूर्ध्नि पादेनाधर्मपीडितः ॥ ५.१७.१२ ॥
Then, disputing with the sages, Vāsava, afflicted by unrighteousness, he struck me on the head with his foot.
5.17.13
तेनाभूद्धततेजाश्च निःश्रीकश्च महीपतिः ।
ततस्तं तमसा विग्नमवोचं भृशपीडितम् ॥ ५.१७.१३ ॥
By that deed the king became dim of splendor and bereft of fortune. Then I spoke to him, afflicted by the darkness and greatly tormented.
5.17.14
यस्मात्पूर्वैः कृतं राजन्ब्रह्मर्षिभिरनुष्ठितम् ।
अदृष्टं दूषयसि मे यच्च मूर्ध्य्रस्पृशः पदा ॥ ५.१७.१४ ॥
O king, you blame what was practiced by the brahmin sages of old, though it is unseen; and you touched my head with your foot.
5.17.15
यच्चापि त्वमृषीन्मूढ ब्रह्मकल्पान्दुरासदान् ॥ ५.१७.१५ ॥
And you, fool, have insulted the sages equal to Brahmā, hard to approach.
5.17.16
वाहान्कृत्व्रा वाहयसि तेन स्वर्गाद्धतप्रभः ।
ध्वंस पाप परिभ्रष्टः क्षीणपुण्यो महीतले ॥ ५.१७.१६ ॥
Having made them your bearers and driven them, through that you will fall from heaven, your brilliance gone. O sinner, fallen one, your merit exhausted, you will fall upon the earth.
5.17.17
दशवर्षसहस्राणि सर्परूपधरो महान् ।
विचरिष्यसि पूर्णेषु पुनः स्वर्गमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ५.१७.१७ ॥
For ten thousand years you will wander, bearing the form of a great serpent; when those are complete, you will again obtain heaven.
5.17.18
दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरं नाम तव वंशसमुद्भवम् ।
निहतो ब्रह्मशापेन प्रपद्यस्व त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ ५.१७.१८ ॥
Having seen Yudhiṣṭhira by name, born in your lineage, you, slain by the brahmin's curse, shall take refuge in heaven.
5.17.19
एवं भ्रष्टो दुरात्मा स देवराज्यादरिन्दम ।
दिष्ट्या वर्धामहे शक्र हतो ब्रह्मर्षिकण्टकः ॥ ५.१७.१९ ॥
Thus fallen from the kingship of the gods, that wicked-souled one, O subduer of foes. By good fortune we rejoice, O Śakra: the thorn to the brahmin sages has been struck down.
5.17.20
त्रिविष्टपं प्रपद्यस्व पाहि लोकाञ्शचीपते ।
जितेन्द्रियो जितामित्रः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ॥ ५.१७.२० ॥
Attain the three heavens; protect the worlds, O lord of Śacī, having conquered your senses, having conquered your enemies, praised by the great sages.
5.17.21
ततो देवा भृशं तुष्टा महर्षिगणसंवृताः ।
पितरश्चैव यक्षाश्च भुजगा राक्षसास्तथा ॥ ५.१७.२१ ॥
Then the gods, greatly pleased and surrounded by hosts of great sages, and the ancestors, yakṣas, serpents and rakṣasas likewise.
5.17.22
गन्धर्वा देवकन्याश्च सर्वे चाप्सरसां गणाः ।
सरांसि सरितः शैलाः सागराश्च विशांपते ॥ ५.१७.२२ ॥
The gandharvas, the divine maidens and all the companies of apsarases; lakes, rivers, mountains and oceans too, O lord of men.
5.17.23
उपागम्याब्रुवन्सर्वे दिष्ट्या वर्धसि शक्रुहन् ।
हतश्च नहुषः पापो दिष्ट्यागस्त्येन धीमता।
दिष्ट्या पापसमाचारः कृतः सर्पो महीतले ॥ ५.१७.२३ ॥
They all approached and said: By good fortune you prosper, O slayer of Śakra's foes. The wicked Nahuṣa has been struck down, by good fortune, by the wise Agastya; by good fortune, that evil-doer has been made a serpent upon the earth.