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Shloka 37

कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः

Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas

फिर क्रमश: वे सब पक्षी बहुत दिनोंके लिये जाने और आने लगे, अब वे हृष्ट-पुष्ट और बलवान हो गये थे। अत: बाहर निकल जानेपर जल्दी नहीं लौटते थे ।।

kadācin māsamātreṇa samutpatya vihaṅgamāḥ | naivāgacchaṃs tato rājan prātiṣṭhata sa jājaliḥ ||

Bhīṣma sprach: „Allmählich gingen jene Vögel über viele Tage hinweg aus und ein; sie waren kräftig, wohlgenährt und stark geworden, und deshalb kehrten sie, wenn sie hinausflogen, nicht mehr rasch zurück. O König, einst flogen diese Himmelswanderer davon und kamen einen ganzen Monat lang nicht wieder. Da verließ der Weise Jājali jenen Ort und zog anderswohin.“

कदाचित्once, at some time
कदाचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित्
मासमात्रेणwithin/after just a month (by a mere month)
मासमात्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमासमात्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
समुत्पत्यhaving flown up, having taken off
समुत्पत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उत्-√पत्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
विहङ्गमाःbirds
विहङ्गमाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविहङ्गम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, at all
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आगच्छन्they did not come back
आगच्छन्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√गम्
FormImperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
ततःfrom there, then
ततः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रातिष्ठतset out, departed
प्रातिष्ठत:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√स्था
FormImperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जाजलिःJājali (the sage)
जाजलिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजाजलि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
J
Jājali (sage)
K
King (listener, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
B
birds (vihaṅgama)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights steadiness and non-attachment in dharmic practice: when external supports or expected outcomes do not appear, one should not cling or despair but proceed wisely, adjusting one’s course without abandoning inner discipline.

The birds that had been coming and going stop returning for a month after flying out. In response, the sage Jājali leaves that place and goes elsewhere.