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13103001 yudhiSThira uvAca
'yudhiSThira said, '

13103001a kathaM sa vai vipannaz ca kathaM vai pAtito bhuvi
How was Nahusha plunged into distress? How was he hurled down on the earth?

13103001c kathaJM cAnindratAmM prAptas tad bhavAn vaktum arhati
How, indeed, was he deprived of the sovereignty of the gods? It behoveth thee to recite everything to me.'

13103002 bhISma uvAca
'bhISma said,

13103002a evanM tayosH saMvadatoH kriyAs tasya mahAtmanaH

13103002c sarvA evAbhyavartanta yA divyA yAz ca mAnuSAH
'Even thus did those two RSis, viz., Bhrigu and Agastya, converse with each other. I have already told thee how Nahusha, when he first became the chief of the gods, acted in a becoming way. Verily, all acts of human and celestial nature flowed from that high souled royal sage!