Shloka 15
Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma
The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः
सहोमया च भवति दर्शनं कामरूपिण: । अस्मिन् सरसि सम्रैवैं चैत्रे मासि पिनाकिनम्
sahomayā ca bhavati darśanaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | asmin sarasi samraivaiṃ caitre māsi pinākinam |
“And in the company of Sahomā, there occurs a vision of the shape-shifting one. In this very lake, in the month of Caitra, (one may behold) Pinākin—Śiva, the bearer of the bow Pināka.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the idea of darśana—encountering the divine—being connected to sacred places and auspicious times, suggesting that reverence, right context, and readiness can open the way to spiritual vision.
The speaker points to a specific lake and a specific season (the month of Caitra) as the setting in which one may obtain a vision of a wondrous, form-assuming being and especially of Pinākin (Śiva), indicating a sacred event or promised theophany tied to that location.