ततः कंचित्समाश्रित्य स्वल्पच्छायं महीरुहम् । प्राप्तवान्दिवसस्यांतं क्षुत्पिपासाप्रपीडितः
tataḥ kaṃcitsamāśritya svalpacchāyaṃ mahīruham | prāptavāndivasasyāṃtaṃ kṣutpipāsāprapīḍitaḥ
Dann suchte er Zuflucht bei einem Baum, der nur wenig Schatten bot, und hielt bis zum Ende des Tages aus, von Hunger und Durst gequält.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic narration)
Scene: A weary traveler shelters under a sparse-canopied tree at dusk, body slack with fatigue, eyes fixed on the sinking sun, the land around him dry and quiet.
Endurance amid hardship prepares one for revelation; bodily discomfort becomes a narrative instrument for spiritual inquiry.
Not named in this verse; the larger chapter is within Tīrthamāhātmya.
None explicitly; it depicts circumstance rather than injunction.