Shloka 6
तस्य चाहमसांनिध्ये श्रुतवानस्मि तं गतम् | स्वजनात् त॑ प्रतीक्षामि पर्जन्यमिव कर्षक:,उनके स्वजनोंसे मैंने सुना है कि वे यहाँसे दूर गये हुए हैं, अतः जैसे किसान वर्षाकी राह देखता है, उसी तरह मैं भी उनकी बाट जोहता हूँ
tasya cāham asānnidhye śrutavān asmi taṃ gatam | svajanāt taṃ pratīkṣāmi parjanyam iva karṣakaḥ |
“In his absence, I have heard from his own people that he has gone far away from here. Therefore I wait for his return, just as a farmer waits for the life-giving rain.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights patient endurance and hopeful waiting in separation: one relies on trustworthy reports from close associates and sustains oneself through a natural metaphor—like a farmer depending on rain—suggesting steadiness rather than despair.
A Brahmin speaker says that, in the person’s absence, he has learned from that person’s own people that he has gone far away; consequently, the speaker continues to wait for him, comparing his expectation to a cultivator awaiting rain.