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बृहस्पतिरुवाच । मानुषो नहुषो राजा देवर्षिगणतेजसा । देवराज्यमनुप्राप्तः सर्वान्नो बाधते भृशम्॥५-१६- २१॥
Bṛhaspati said: The human king Nahūṣa, empowered by the radiance of hosts of divine ṛṣis, has attained the sovereignty of the gods and grievously oppresses us all.
english translation
इन्द्र उवाच । कथं नु नहुषो राज्यं देवानां प्राप दुर्लभम् । तपसा केन वा युक्तः किंवीर्यो वा बृहस्पते॥५-१६- २२॥
Indra said: How did Nahūṣa obtain the difficult-to-attain sovereignty of the gods? With what austerity (tapas) was he endowed, or what prowess does he possess, O Bṛhaspati?
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बृहस्पतिरुवाच । देवा भीताः शक्रमकामयन्त त्वया त्यक्तं महदैन्द्रं पदं तत् । तदा देवाः पितरोऽथर्षयश्च गन्धर्वसंघाश्च समेत्य सर्वे॥५-१६-२३ ॥
Bṛhaspati said: The gods, fearful, longed for a Śakra—a ruler like you—for you had abandoned that great Indra-station. Then all assembled together: the gods, the Pitṛs, the ṛṣis, and the gatherings of Gandharvas.
english translation
गत्वाब्रुवन्नहुषं शक्र तत्र त्वं नो राजा भव भुवनस्य गोप्ता । तानब्रवीन्नहुषो नास्मि शक्त आप्यायध्वं तपसा तेजसा च॥५-१६- २४॥
They went to Nahūṣa and said there: “O Śakra, be our king, the protector of the world.” Nahūṣa replied: “I am not capable; strengthen yourselves through austerity (tapas) and through radiance (tejas).”
english translation
एवमुक्तैर्वर्धितश्चापि देवै राजाभवन्नहुषो घोरवीर्यः । त्रैलोक्ये च प्राप्य राज्यं तपस्विनः कृत्वा वाहान्याति लोकान्दुरात्मा॥५-१६- २५॥
Thus addressed and further emboldened by the gods, Nahūṣa—of formidable power—became king. Having obtained sovereignty over the three worlds, that ill-intentioned one moved through the worlds, making ascetics his bearers as a display of domination.
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