Shloka 88
एकार्णवे जले घोरे विचरन् पार्थिवोत्तम | अपश्यन् सर्वभूतानि वैक्लव्यमगमं तत:,नृपश्रेष्ठी एकार्णवके उस भयंकर जलमें विचरते हुए जब मैंने किसी भी प्राणीको नहीं देखा, तब मुझे बड़ी व्याकुलता हुई
Vaishampāyana uvāca | ekārṇave jale ghore vicaran pārthivottamaḥ | apaśyan sarvabhūtāni vaiklavyam agamam tataḥ ||
Wahai yang terbaik di antara raja-raja, ketika aku mengembara di air samudra tunggal yang mengerikan itu dan tidak melihat satu pun makhluk hidup, hatiku pun diliputi kegelisahan yang dalam.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the psychological and ethical pressure of utter solitude amid catastrophe: when the world’s living order seems absent, the mind falls into despair. It implicitly points to the need for steadiness (dhairya) and reliance on dharma even when external supports vanish.
Vaiśampāyana narrates an episode in which the speaker (in the story being recounted) is moving through a terrifying, all-encompassing expanse of water like a deluge. Seeing no creatures anywhere, he becomes intensely distressed.