Shloka 11
दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्
Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas
यथा भाजनमच्छिद्रं नि:शब्दमिव लक्ष्यते । तच्चाम्भसा पूर्यमाणं सशब्दं कुरुतेडनिल:,'जैसे कोई छिद्ररहित पात्र निःशब्द-सा लक्षित होता है; परंतु जब उसमें छिद्र करके जल भरा जाता है, तब वायु उसमें आवाज प्रकट कर देती है
yathā bhājanam acchidraṃ niḥśabdam iva lakṣyate | tac cāmbhasā pūryamāṇaṃ saśabdaṃ kurute 'nilāḥ ||
Seperti sebuah bekas yang tidak berlubang, ia kelihatan seolah-olah senyap; tetapi apabila ia ditebuk lalu diisi air, angin membuatnya bergema dengan bunyi.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that apparent silence or stability can be disrupted when there is an opening—symbolically, a vulnerability or defect—through which external conditions enter; then subtle forces (like wind) can produce agitation and ‘noise.’
Bharadvāja illustrates his point with an example: an intact pot seems silent, but once pierced and filled with water, the wind interacting with it produces sound—an analogy used to explain how disturbance arises when conditions and vulnerabilities combine.