Shloka 56

Devanagari script

जवं परममास्थाय प्रदुद्राव विहंगम: । तमपश्यदथायान्तं श्येनं श्येनस्तथापर:,वह आकाशबचारी पक्षी सर्वोत्तम वेगका आश्रय ले उड़ा जा रहा था, इतनेहीमें एक दूसरे बाजने उसे आते देखा

Transliteration

javaṁ paramam āsthāya pradudrāva vihaṅgamaḥ | tam apaśyad athāyāntaṁ śyenaṁ śyenas tathāparaḥ ||

Translation

আকাশচারী পাখিটি সর্বোচ্চ বেগ ধারণ করে ছুটে চলল। ঠিক তখনই আর-এক শ্যেন (বাজ) আসতে থাকা সেই শ্যেনকে দেখে ফেলল।

Word by Word

• जवम्: speed, swiftness
• जवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme, utmost
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having resorted to / taking up
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• प्रदुद्राव: ran forth / sped away
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-द्रु (द्रु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विहंगमः: the bird
• विहंगमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहंगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आयान्तम्: coming, approaching
• आयान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (या)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्येनम्: a hawk/falcon
• श्येनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्येनः: a hawk/falcon
• श्येनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरः: another, the other
• अपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• vihaṅgama (a bird)
• śyena (hawk/falcon)
• another śyena (hawk/falcon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a natural ethic of alertness and consequence: speed and strength invite counter-force, and in a world of competing powers, one must act with awareness of pursuit and response.

What is happening in the narrative?

A bird speeds away at full pace; immediately, another hawk notices a hawk approaching—setting up a chase or confrontation among swift aerial predators.