Shloka 38
Adhyaya 3 — Birth of the Birds
तृष्णाक्षयञ्च रक्तेन तथा शीघ्नं विधीयताम् ।
ततो वयं प्रव्यथिताः प्रकम्पोद्भूतसाध्वसाः ।
कष्टं कष्टमिति प्रोच्य नैतत् कुर्मेति चाब्रुवन् ॥
tṛṣṇākṣayañ ca raktena tathā śīghnaṃ vidhīyatām /
tato vayaṃ pravyathitāḥ prakampodbhūtasādhvasāḥ /
kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭam iti procya naitat kurm iti cābruvan
“‘Biarlah dahaga dipadamkan segera, dengan darah juga.’” Mendengarnya, kami sangat terguncang—menggigil, kerana ketakutan yang meletus. Sambil menangis, “Aduhai, aduhai!”, mereka berkata, “Kami tidak akan melakukan ini.”
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes a moral boundary: when a proposal crosses into clear adharmic territory (here, the shocking suggestion of quenching thirst with blood), the proper response is refusal. The bodily signs—trembling and panic—function as an inner ethical alarm (antar-bhāva) indicating conscience and dharmic recoil.
This verse is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita material. It belongs to narrative-ethical instruction within the Purana’s frame-story (ākhyāna used for dharma-bodha), i.e., ancillary didactic content rather than one of the five lakṣaṇas.
Symbolically, ‘thirst’ (tṛṣṇā) can indicate craving. The suggestion to end it ‘with blood’ depicts a tamasic shortcut—feeding desire through harm. The refusal signifies the yogic/dharmic principle that craving is not extinguished by violent indulgence, but by restraint, discernment, and right means.