Shloka 31
कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च
The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion
दिशो विलोकयामास विगाढ़ां प्रेक्ष्य शर्वरीम् दूरतो मे निवेशश्व अस्माद् देशादिति प्रभो
diśo vilokayāmāsa vigāḍhāṁ prekṣya śarvarīm | dūrato me niveśaś ca asmād deśād iti prabho prabho ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອເຫັນຄືນທີ່ໜາແນ່ນດ້ວຍຄວາມມືດ ລາວກໍຫັນໄປເບິ່ງທົ່ວທິດ. ເມື່ອພິຈາລະນາຄວາມມືດລຶກນັ້ນ ລາວກໍຄິດໃນໃຈວ່າ ‘ໂອ້ ທ່ານເຈົ້າ! ທີ່ຢູ່ຂອງຂ້ອຍຢູ່ໄກຈາກບ່ອນນີ້ຫຼາຍ.’ ຟ້າທີ່ໃສ ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍດາວ ແລະພົ້ນຈາກເມກ ດູຄືທະເລສາບທີ່ປະດັບດ້ວຍດອກກຸມຸດຂາວບານເຕັມ; ແຕ່ນາຍພານຜູ້ສັ່ນເພາະຄວາມໜາວກໍຍັງກວາດສາຍຕາໄປທົ່ວທິດ ແລະກັງວົນເລື່ອງທາງໄກກັບບ້ານ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights practical discernment and human vulnerability: even amid a beautiful, clear night sky, one must attend to real conditions—cold, darkness, distance—and act with foresight. It subtly supports dharma as prudent, reality-based conduct rather than mere aesthetic delight.
A hunter, shivering in the cold, looks to all directions and, seeing the night’s deep darkness, thinks to himself that his home is far from where he is. Bhīṣma narrates this scene as part of the broader instruction in Śānti Parva.