Shloka 13
Cavana’s Tests of Kuśika and the Queen (अध्याय ५३: च्यवन–कुशिक-परिक्षा)
महातेजस्वी नरेश! इस तरह उन्हें पानीमें रहते बहुत दिन बीत गये। तदनन्तर एक समय मछलियोंसे जीविका चलानेवाले बहुत-से मल्लाह मछली पकड़नेका निश्चय करके जाल हाथमें लिये हुए उस स्थानपर आये ।। व्यायता बलिन: शूरा: सलिलेष्वनिवर्तिन: । अभ्याययुश्च त॑ं देशं निश्चिता जालकर्मणि,वे मल्लाह बड़े परिश्रमी, बलवान, शौर्यसम्पन्न और पानीसे कभी पीछे न हटनेवाले थे। वे जाल बिछानेका दृढ़ निश्चय करके उस स्थानपर आये थे
vyāyātā balinaḥ śūrāḥ salileṣv anivartinaḥ | abhyāyayuś ca taṃ deśaṃ niścitā jālakarmaṇi ||
Bhīṣma said: “O mighty king, after they had spent many days living in the water, a time came when numerous fishermen—whose livelihood depended on fish—arrived at that very spot, nets in hand, firmly resolved to cast their nets. They were men of hard exertion, strong and courageous, and they did not shrink from entering the waters; with unwavering intent to do the work of net-fishing, they approached that place.”
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