Shloka 25
Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)
रथघोषं तु त॑ श्रुत्वा हयसंग्रहणं च तत् । वार्ष्णेयश्चिन्तयामास बाहुकस्य हयज्ञताम्,रथकी आवाज सुनकर और घोड़ोंको काबूमें करनेकी वह कला देखकर वार्ष्णेयने बाहुकके अश्व-विज्ञानपर सोचना आरम्भ किया। “क्या यह देवराज इन्द्रका सारथि मातलि है? इस वीर बाहुकमें मातलिका-सा ही महान् लक्षण देखा जाता है
rathaghoṣaṃ tu taṃ śrutvā hayasaṃgrahaṇaṃ ca tat | vārṣṇeyaś cintayāmāsa bāhukasya hayajñatām ||
Mendengar gemuruh kereta dan menyaksikan keterampilan menahan serta mengendalikan kuda-kuda itu, Vārṣṇeya mulai merenungkan kemahiran Bāhuka dalam ilmu per-kudaan.
ऋचुपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Excellence is known by disciplined control and practical mastery; genuine capability can shine even when a person’s identity is concealed, inviting careful discernment rather than superficial judgment.
Vārṣṇeya hears the chariot’s thunder and observes the precise handling of the horses; he then begins to suspect that Bāhuka possesses extraordinary, possibly exceptional, knowledge of horses.