Shloka 46
Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)
मृगाणामथ सिंहानां व्याप्राणां च विशाम्पते ऋक्षाणां महिषाणां च पन्नगानां तथा गवाम्
mṛgāṇām atha siṁhānāṁ vyāghrāṇāṁ ca viśāmpate | ṛkṣāṇāṁ mahiṣāṇāṁ ca pannagānāṁ tathā gavām ||
അർജുനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ജനാധിപതേ! (ഞാൻ കണ്ടത്) മാൻ, സിംഹം, വ്യാഘ്രം; കരടി, മഹിഷം; അതുപോലെ സർപ്പങ്ങളും പശുക്കളും.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a formal enumeration addressed to a king (“viśāmpate”), evoking the breadth of living beings in the forest—prey, predators, and domesticated cattle—suggesting an inclusive view of the natural order that a ruler must understand and protect.
Arjuna is speaking to a royal addressee and begins listing various animals—deer, lions, tigers, bears, buffaloes, serpents, and cattle—likely as part of a larger description or argument concerning forest conditions, creatures encountered, or the scope of a situation being discussed.