Shloka 2

Devanagari script

विदुरजी कहते हैं--तात! हमने पूर्वपुरुषोंके मुखसे सुन रखा है कि किसी समय एक चिड़ीमारने चिड़ियोंको फँसानेके लिये पृथ्वीपर एक जाल फैलाया ।। तस्मिन्‌ द्वौ शकुनौ बद्धौ युगपत्‌ सहचारिणौ । तावुपादाय त॑ पाशं जग्मतु: खचरावुभौ

Transliteration

tasmin dvau śakunau baddhau yugapat sahacāriṇau | tāv upādāya taṁ pāśaṁ jagmatuḥ khacarāv ubhau ||

Translation

ヴィドゥラは言った。「いとしき者よ、先祖の口より聞いた話がある。かつて鳥捕りが、鳥を捕らえるため地に網を広げた。その網に、常に連れ立って飛ぶ二羽の鳥が同時にかかった。すると二羽は、その網そのものを持ち上げ、縛られながらも、ともに大空へ舞い上がったのだ。」

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that (net/place)

द्वौtwo

शकुनौbirds

बद्धौbound, caught

युगपत्together, simultaneously

सहचारिणौcompanions, mates

तौthose two (them)

उपादायhaving taken up, taking

तम्that

पाशम्snare, noose, net

जग्मतुःthey two went

खचरौsky-goers, birds

उभौboth

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

two birds (śakunau)

net/snare (pāśa)

bird-catcher (implied in the prose context)

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?

Even when caught in a common danger, coordinated effort and solidarity can create a path to safety; unity can turn a shared constraint into a means of escape.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two companion birds are trapped together in a net; instead of struggling separately, they lift the net together and fly upward, carrying it away.