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Chapter 3.101 - Verse 14

Sanskrit Text

नहुषेणाभितप्तानां त्वं लोकानां गतिः पुरा भ्रंशितश्च सुरैश्वर्याल्लोकार्थं लोककण्टकः

English Translation

The celestials said: You became in the days of yore the refuge of creatures when they were oppressed by Nahusha. Deprived of his heaven's affluence, he was thrown down, a thorn of the heaven as he was, from the celestials region.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

नहुष + अभितप् | त्वं | लोकानां | गतिः | पुरा
भ्रंशितश् | च | सुर + ऐश्वर्य + लोक + अर्थ | लोक + कण्टक