Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स तथोक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा लुब्धो गात्राण्यतापयत्‌ । अननिं प्रत्यागतप्राणस्तत: प्राह विहजड्गमम्‌,तब उस व्याधने “बहुत अच्छा” कहकर अपने सारे अंगोंको तपाया। अग्निका सेवन करके उसकी जानमें जान आयी। तब वह कबूतरसे कुछ कहनेको उद्यत हुआ

Transliteration

sa tathoktas tathety uktvā lubdho gātrāṇy atāpayat | anagnin pratyāgataprāṇas tataḥ prāha vihagaṅgamam ||

Translation

そう言われると猟師は「そのとおりに」と答え、貪欲に駆られて身の四肢を火にあて、苦しみを耐えた。火の温もりを受けて息が戻り、命が甦ると、彼はその鳥――鳩――に向かって言葉を発しようとした。

Word by Word

सःhe

तथोक्तःthus addressed / having been so spoken to

तथाthus

इतिthus (quotative)

उक्त्वाhaving said

लुब्धःgreedy / covetous

गात्राणिlimbs, body-parts

अतापयत्caused to be heated / scorched / tormented

अनलम्fire

प्रत्यागतप्राणःone whose life-breath had returned (revived)

ततःthen / thereafter

प्राहsaid / spoke

विहङ्गम्the bird

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

the hunter (vyādha)

the pigeon (kapota/vihaga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed can drive a person to endure suffering and still remain intent on an unethical aim; the verse sets up a dharmic confrontation where the hunter’s revived resolve will be tested against the bird’s moral stance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being spoken to, the hunter agrees (“so be it”), undergoes bodily hardship, regains his strength, and then turns to speak to the pigeon—marking a transition to the next exchange in the episode.