Shloka 30
कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सूजन् भरतर्षभ । स त्वमोघानिषून् मुक््त्वा तृष्णयाभिप्रपीडित:
karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjan bharatarṣabha | sa tvam oghāniṣūn muktvā tṛṣṇayābhiprapīḍitaḥ ||
ヤクシャは言った。「バラタ族の雄牛よ、おまえは鉤のある矢――ナーリカ、ナーラーチャ――を放っている。だが渇きに責め立てられたおまえは、すでに外れぬ矢を雨のように放ち尽くしたではないか。」
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one possesses strength and skill (symbolized by a flawless volley of arrows), bodily craving and distress (thirst) can still dominate; the episode points toward the need for restraint, discernment, and humility before higher law (dharma).
In the Yakṣa episode, the Yakṣa addresses Yudhiṣṭhira with a pointed observation: despite being afflicted by thirst, he has acted with force and martial capability—shooting a barrage of powerful arrows—setting the stage for the Yakṣa’s moral and philosophical testing.