Shloka 5
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
प्रग्रहैश्नर्मपट्टेश्न तं बद्ध्वा पर्वतोपमम् । नाशवनुवन् समुद्धर्तु ततो जम्मुर्जनार्दनम्
pragrahaiś carmapaṭṭaiś ca taṃ baddhvā parvatopamam | nāśakan nu samuddhartum tato jagmur janārdanam ||
દોરડા અને ચામડાની પટ્ટીઓથી પર્વત સમાન તે ગરોળીને બાંધીને પણ તેઓ તેને બહાર ખેંચી ન શક્યા; તેથી નિષ્ફળ થઈ તેઓ જનાર્દન (શ્રીકૃષ્ણ) પાસે ગયા.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When determined effort and even collective strength fail, one should recognize limits without pride and seek rightful counsel and higher support; dharmic action includes knowing when to turn to wisdom and the divine rather than persisting in futile force.
A group attempts to extract a mountain-like creature by tying it with ropes and leather straps and pulling hard, but it does not move; failing to remove it, they go to Janardana (Krishna) for help.