Shloka 11
Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma
The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः
शत्रुदमन! यह पुण्यमय काश्मीरमण्डल है, जहाँ बहुत-से महर्षि निवास करते हैं। तुम भाइयोंसहित इसका दर्शन करो। भारत! यह वही स्थान है जहाँ उत्तरके समस्त ऋषि, नहुषकुमार ययाति, अग्नि और काश्यपका संवाद हुआ था
Śatrudamana! idaṁ puṇyamayaṁ Kāśmīra-maṇḍalaṁ yatra bahavo maharṣayo nivāsanti. tvaṁ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha asya darśanaṁ kuru. Bhārata! etad eva tat sthānaṁ yatra uttarake samastā ṛṣayaḥ, Nahuṣa-kumāraḥ Yayātiḥ, Agniḥ ca Kāśyapasya saṁvādaḥ abhavat.
おお、敵を鎮める者よ。ここは多くの大聖仙が住まう、聖なるカシュミールの地である。兄弟たちとともにこれを拝しなさい。おお、バーラタの末裔よ。こここそ、北方の諸仙が集い、ナフシャの子ヤヤーティに関わって、火神アグニとカ―シュヤパが語り合ったその場所である。
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames sacred travel as ethically meaningful: visiting holy regions inhabited by seers and remembering exemplary dialogues of gods and sages cultivates merit (puṇya), reverence for dharma, and continuity with the moral-intellectual heritage of Itihāsa.
The speaker points out the Kashmir region to the addressed hero and urges him to see it with his brothers, identifying it as a renowned sacred site where northern sages gathered and where a significant dialogue between Agni and the sage Kāśyapa occurred concerning Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa.