Shloka 9
परश्रेदेनमभिविध्येत बाणै- भुशं सुतीक्ष्णैरनलार्कदी प्तै: । स विध्यमानो5प्यतिदह्यमानो विद्यात् कवि: सुकृतं मे दधाति,यदि दूसरा कोई इस मनुष्यको अग्नि और सूर्यके समान दग्ध करनेवाले अत्यन्त तीखे वाग्बाणोंसे बहुत चोट पहुँचावे तो वह विद्वान् पुरुष चोट खाकर अत्यन्त वेदना सहते हुए भी ऐसा समझे कि वह मेरे पुण्योंको पुष्ट कर रहा है
paraśreṇenam abhividhyet bāṇaiḥ bhuśaṃ sutīkṣṇair analārka-dīptaiḥ | sa vidhyamāno 'py atidahyamāno vidyāt kaviḥ sukṛtaṃ me dadhāti ||
If another person were to strike this man repeatedly with verbal arrows—exceedingly sharp, blazing like fire and the sun—then the wise poet, though pierced and burning with pain, should understand: “He is adding to my store of merit.”
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches kṣamā and self-mastery: even when hurt by scorching, sharp words, a wise person refrains from retaliation and reframes the experience as an opportunity to increase merit (sukṛta) through patient endurance.
Haṃsa presents an ethical instruction using a vivid metaphor: harsh speech is likened to blazing arrows. The 'kavi' (wise person) is advised to remain steady under verbal attack and to interpret the aggressor’s act as inadvertently contributing to the victim’s spiritual merit.