Shloka 22
बक-राक्षसस्य आह्वानम् तथा वृक्षयुद्धम्
Summons of Baka and the Tree-Weapon Engagement
अत: कष्टतरं कि नु द्रष्टव्यं हि भविष्यति । यत् पश्यामि महीसुप्तान् 20% सुमन्दभाक्,“हाय! मैं कितना भाग्यहीन हूँ कि आज अपने भाइयोंको पृथ्वीपर सोया देख रहा हूँ। इससे महान् कष्टकी बात देखनेमें क्या आयेगी
ataḥ kaṣṭataraṃ ki nu draṣṭavyaṃ hi bhaviṣyati | yat paśyāmi mahīsuptān sumandabhāk ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Que visão poderia ser mais dolorosa do que esta? Pois vejo meus irmãos dormindo sobre a terra nua—ai de mim, sou de sorte miserabilíssima.” O verso transmite um choque moral diante da inversão da dignidade devida: aqueles que deveriam ser protegidos e honrados são reduzidos à penúria, suscitando um lamento sobre o destino e a fragilidade da segurança mundana.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical pain caused when those bound by kinship and rightful dignity are brought to humiliation and hardship; it underscores compassion, the instability of fortune, and the moral urgency to protect one’s own from suffering.
The speaker laments that he is witnessing his brothers sleeping on the bare earth, and he rhetorically asks what could be more distressing than such a sight—framing the moment as a peak of misfortune and sorrow.