Mahabharata 3.147.43 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 147, Shloka 43
Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path
वराहमृगसंघाश्व महिषाश्न वनेचरा: । व्याप्रगोमायुसंघाश्च प्रणेदुर्गवयै: सह
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
varāha-mṛga-saṅghāśva-mahiṣāśn vane-carāḥ |
vyāghra-gomāyu-saṅghāś ca praṇeduḥ gavayaiḥ saha ||
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນປ່ານັ້ນ ໝູປ່າ ແລະຝູງກວາງ, ມ້າປ່າ ແລະຄວາຍປ່າ, ພ້ອມທັງສັດປ່າທີ່ອອກຫາເຫຍື່ອ, ແລະຝູງເສືອ ກັບຝູງໝາຈອກ—ພ້ອມດ້ວຍ gavaya—ພາກັນຮ້ອງຂຶ້ນດັງກັງວານ ແລະອັບມົງຄຸນ. ພາບນີ້ສະທ້ອນການຖືກກະທົບຢ່າງກະທັນຫັນຂອງລຳດັບທຳມະຊາດ, ດັ່ງວ່າປ່າດົງເອງກຳລັງຕອບຮັບດ້ວຍຄວາມຢ້ານ ແລະຄວາມສັບສົນຕໍ່ອັນຕະລາຍທີ່ກຳລັງເຂົ້າມາ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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The verse uses the forest’s collective outcry as an omen: when dharma is threatened or a great upheaval approaches, even the natural world appears unsettled. It highlights attentiveness to signs and the idea that disorder in the environment mirrors impending human conflict or danger.
Vaiśampāyana describes a sudden, simultaneous uproar among many kinds of forest animals—prey and predators alike—suggesting panic and an ominous disturbance in the wilderness, as if something formidable is approaching or has occurred nearby.
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