Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पिड़ला कुरर: सर्प: सारड्डान्वेषणं वने । इषुकार: कुमारी च षडेते गुरवो मम,पिंगला, कुरर पक्षी, सर्प, वनमें सारंगका अन्वेषण, बाण बनानेवाला और कुमारी कन्या--ये छः मेरे गुरु हैं

Transliteration

piṅgalā kuraraḥ sarpaḥ sāraṅgānveṣaṇaṁ vane | iṣukāraḥ kumārī ca ṣaḍ ete guravo mama ||

Translation

Bodhya berkata: “Piṅgalā, burung kurara, ular, pencarian sāraṅga di rimba, pembuat anak panah, dan gadis dara—keenam-enamnya ialah guruku.”

Word by Word

पिङ्गलाPiṅgalā (a courtesan/woman named Piṅgalā)

कुररःthe kurara bird (osprey/sea-eagle)

सर्पःa snake

सारङ्ग-अन्वेषणम्the searching for a deer (sāraṅga)

वनेin the forest

इषुकारःan arrow-maker (fletcher)

कुमारीa maiden

चand

षट्six

एतेthese

गुरवःteachers

ममof me / my

Speaker

बोध्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bodhyā

Piṅgalā

kurara (bird)

sarpa (snake)

sāraṅga (deer/antelope)

forest (vana)

iṣukāra (arrow-maker)

kumārī (maiden)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wisdom can be gained from observing even ordinary creatures and everyday situations; each ‘teacher’ embodies a practical lesson—especially about desire, fear, attention, and detachment—relevant to living dharmically.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bodhyā lists six exemplars she has learned from—Piṅgalā, a kurara bird, a snake, a forest episode involving searching for a sāraṅga, an arrow-maker, and a maiden—setting up a sequence of illustrative stories or lessons drawn from them.