Shloka 5
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
प्रग्रहैश्नर्मपट्टेश्न तं बद्ध्वा पर्वतोपमम् । नाशवनुवन् समुद्धर्तु ततो जम्मुर्जनार्दनम्
pragrahaiś carmapaṭṭaiś ca taṃ baddhvā parvatopamam | nāśakan nu samuddhartum tato jagmur janārdanam ||
दोऱ्या व चामड्याच्या पट्ट्यांनी पर्वतासारख्या त्या सरड्याला बांधूनही ते त्याला बाहेर काढू शकले नाहीत; मग अपयशी होऊन ते जनार्दन (श्रीकृष्ण) यांच्याकडे गेले.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When determined effort and even collective strength fail, one should recognize limits without pride and seek rightful counsel and higher support; dharmic action includes knowing when to turn to wisdom and the divine rather than persisting in futile force.
A group attempts to extract a mountain-like creature by tying it with ropes and leather straps and pulling hard, but it does not move; failing to remove it, they go to Janardana (Krishna) for help.