Shloka 3

Devanagari script

उस जालमें दो ऐसे पक्षी फँस गये, जो सदा साथ-साथ उड़ने और विचरनेवाले थे। वे दोनों पक्षी उस समय उस जालको लेकर आकाशमें उड़ चले ।। तौ विहायसमाक्रान्तौ दृष्टयवा शाकुनिकस्तदा । अन्वधावदनिर्विण्णो येन येन सम गच्छत:,चिड़ीमार उन दोनोंको आकाशमें उड़ते देखकर भी खिन्न या हताश नहीं हुआ। वे जिधर-जिधर गये, उधर-उधर ही वह उनके पीछे दौड़ता रहा

Transliteration

tau vihāyasam ākrāntau dṛṣṭvā vai śākuniḥ tadā | anvadhāvad anirviṇṇo yena yena sama gacchataḥ ||

Translation

Two birds, ever flying and roaming together, were caught in a single net. In that moment they lifted the net and rose into the sky. Seeing them aloft, the fowler did not lose heart; wherever they flew in unison, he ran after them without discouragement.

Word by Word

तौthose two

विहायसम्the sky

आक्रान्तौhaving mounted/entered (the sky)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

वैindeed

शाकुनिकःthe fowler/bird-catcher

तदाthen

अन्वधावत्ran after/followed

अनिर्विण्णःnot dejected, unwearied

येनby which way/wherever

सम्together/with (as prefix)

गच्छतः(the two) go

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

two birds

śākuni (the fowler/bird-catcher)

net

sky

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Coordinated unity can lift a shared burden and create temporary freedom, but one must also anticipate persistent opposition; endurance and strategy are needed to secure lasting safety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two birds trapped in a net fly up together carrying the net; the fowler, seeing them, does not despair and keeps running after them wherever they go.