Shloka 25
Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda
Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time
शमार्थिन: कालगतिं वदन्ति सद्यः शुचं त्वर्थविदस्त्यजन्ति । श्रेय:क्षयं शोचति नित्यमोहात् तस्माच्छुचं मुज्च हते भुजड़े
śamārthinaḥ kālagatiṁ vadanti sadyaḥ śucaṁ tv arthavidās tyajanti | śreyaḥkṣayaṁ śocati nityamohāt tasmāc chucaṁ muñca hate bhujaṅge ||
狩人は言った。「安らぎを求める者は、出来事を時（カーラ）の推移として語り、ただちに悲嘆を捨てる。実際の利を知り、目的を成し遂げる術に長けた者は、敵を滅ぼしたのち即座に憂いを払い落とす。だが他の者は、絶えざる迷妄ゆえに、福が失われるといつまでも嘆き続ける。ゆえに今、この仇なる蛇が討たれた以上、あなたもまた、子を失った嘆きをただちに捨てよ。」
लुब्धक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief should be relinquished by recognizing either (a) the inevitability of Time’s course, which brings loss beyond personal control, or (b) the completion of necessary action—once the hostile cause is removed, continued lament is seen as delusion. The verse contrasts peace-seekers who accept Kāla with pragmatists who move on after achieving their aim, urging immediate release from sorrow.
The hunter addresses a grieving person (mourning a son) and argues that since the enemy-serpent has been killed, the occasion for ongoing sorrow has ended. He offers two models of coping—acceptance of Time and practical resolution—then exhorts the listener to abandon lamentation at once.