Shloka 30
कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सूजन् भरतर्षभ । स त्वमोघानिषून् मुक््त्वा तृष्णयाभिप्रपीडित:
karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjan bharatarṣabha | sa tvam oghāniṣūn muktvā tṛṣṇayābhiprapīḍitaḥ ||
ಯಕ್ಷನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಓ ಭರತಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ನೀ ಕರ್ಣಿಯುಕ್ತ ಬಾಣಗಳು, ನಾಳಿಕಗಳು, ನಾರಾಚಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀಯೆ; ಆದರೂ ದಾಹದಿಂದ ಪೀಡಿತನಾಗಿಯೂ ನೀ ಅಮೋಘ ಶರಗಳ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಮಳೆಯನ್ನೇ ಸುರಿಸಿದ್ದೀಯೆ.”
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.