Shloka 11
यथा भाजनमच्छिद्रं नि:शब्दमिव लक्ष्यते । तच्चाम्भसा पूर्यमाणं सशब्दं कुरुतेडनिल:,'जैसे कोई छिद्ररहित पात्र निःशब्द-सा लक्षित होता है; परंतु जब उसमें छिद्र करके जल भरा जाता है, तब वायु उसमें आवाज प्रकट कर देती है
yathā bhājanam acchidraṃ niḥśabdam iva lakṣyate | tac cāmbhasā pūryamāṇaṃ saśabdaṃ kurute 'nilāḥ ||
Just as a vessel without any hole appears to be silent, so too it seems soundless. But when it is pierced and then filled with water, the wind makes it resound.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that apparent silence or stability can be disrupted when there is an opening—symbolically, a vulnerability or defect—through which external conditions enter; then subtle forces (like wind) can produce agitation and ‘noise.’
Bharadvāja illustrates his point with an example: an intact pot seems silent, but once pierced and filled with water, the wind interacting with it produces sound—an analogy used to explain how disturbance arises when conditions and vulnerabilities combine.