Mahabharata 1.151.35 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 35
बक-राक्षसस्य आह्वानम् तथा वृक्षयुद्धम्
Summons of Baka and the Tree-Weapon Engagement
बलवन्न्त: समृद्धार्था मित्रबान्धवनन्दना: । जीवन्त्यन्योन्यमाश्रित्य ट्रमा: काननजा इव
balavantaḥ samṛddhārthā mitrabāndhavanandanāḥ | jīvanty anyonyam āśritya drumāḥ kānanajā iva ||
যিসকল বলৱান, সম্পদত সমৃদ্ধ আৰু বন্ধু-বান্ধৱ তথা আত্মীয়স্বজনক আনন্দিত কৰে, তেওঁলোকে অৰণ্যত জন্মা গছৰ দৰে পৰস্পৰৰ আশ্ৰয় লৈ জীৱন ধাৰণ কৰে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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Prosperity and strength are ethically fulfilled through sustaining friends and relatives; human life, like a forest ecosystem, is upheld by mutual reliance (anyonyam āśritya), not by isolated power.
Vaiśampāyana offers a reflective maxim within the Adi Parva narration, using the simile of forest trees to explain how capable and prosperous people live and endure by supporting one another within their social bonds.
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