Shloka 2
Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa
फलमूलाशनास्ते हि सुखारहँ दुःखमुत्तमम् प्राप्तकालमनुध्यान्त: सेहिरे वरपूरुषा:,वे फल-मूल खाकर रहते थे। सुख भोगनेके योग्य होकर भी महान् कष्ट भोगते थे और यह सोचकर कि यह हमारे कष्टका समय है, इसे धैर्यपूर्वक सहन करना चाहिये, चुपचाप सब दु:ख झेलते थे। उनमें ऐसा विवेक इसलिये था कि वे सब-के-सब श्रेष्ठ पुरुष थे
phalamūlāśanās te hi sukhārhāṁ duḥkham uttamam | prāptakālam anudhyāntaḥ sehīre varapuruṣāḥ ||
They lived on fruits and roots. Though worthy of comfort, those noble men endured severe hardship; reflecting that this was the appointed season for suffering, they bore every pain in silence and with steadfast patience—because they were, each of them, men of true excellence.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True nobility is shown by patient endurance: even those fit for comfort accept hardship when it is the rightful time, sustaining themselves simply and bearing suffering with reflection and self-restraint.
The narrator describes the exiled heroes living in the forest on fruits and roots, silently enduring intense difficulties while contemplating that this period of suffering has come by fate/time and must be borne with steadiness.