Shloka 131
Keśinī’s Inquiry to Bāhuka and the Emotional Signs of Concealed Identity (केशिन्याः बाहुकपरीक्षा)
प्रचिनुह्मास्य शाखे द्वे याश्चाप्यन्या: प्रशाखिका: । आशभ्यां फलसहसे द्वे पज्चोनं शतमेव च
Bṛhadaśva uvāca | pracinuḥmāsya śākhe dve yāścāpyanyāḥ praśākhikāḥ | āśābhyāṃ phalasahase dve pañconam śatam eva ca ||
ಬೃಹದಶ್ವನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—“ಬನ್ನಿ, ಇದರ ಎರಡು ಮುಖ್ಯ ಶಾಖೆಗಳನ್ನೂ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಇತರ ಉಪಶಾಖೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸೋಣ. ಈ ಎರಡು ಶಾಖೆಗಳಿಂದ ಎರಡು ಸಾವಿರ ಹಣ್ಣುಗಳ ಗುಚ್ಚಗಳು, ಮತ್ತೂ ನೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಐದು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಸಹ ದೊರೆಯುವೆಂದು ಆಶೆ.”
बृहदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights practical discernment and planning: assessing available resources (branches and offshoots) and estimating yield (fruit) before acting. It reflects a grounded, ethical prudence—providing and preparing through careful calculation rather than impulse.
Bṛhadaśva speaks about collecting two main branches and additional offshoot branches of a tree, expressing an expectation of a very large fruit yield. The line functions as a logistical instruction and estimate within the ongoing forest narrative of the Vana Parva.