Shloka 19
Bhīṣma Parva, Adhyāya 4 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Vyāsa Saṃvāda on Kāla and Jayalakṣaṇa
Signs of Victory
एते ग्राम्या: समाख्याता: पशव: सप्त साधुभि: । एते वै पशवो राजन _ग्राम्यारण्याश्षतुर्दश
ete grāmyāḥ samākhyātāḥ paśavaḥ sapta sādhubhiḥ | ete vai paśavo rājan grāmyāraṇyāś caturdaśa ||
Dijo Sañjaya: «Estos siete animales son descritos por los sabios como “domésticos” (los que viven entre los asentamientos). Oh rey, tomados en conjunto—los domésticos y los salvajes—se dice así que son catorce en total».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a traditional, ‘wise’ classification of animals into domestic (grāmya) and wild/forest-dwelling (āraṇya), emphasizing orderly categorization as part of learned discourse addressed to a king.
Sañjaya continues a descriptive explanation to the king, stating that sages count seven animals as domestic and, when combined with wild ones, speak of a total of fourteen—framing the information as authoritative traditional knowledge.