Shloka 226
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
यस्मिंस्ते कुण्डले बद्धे तदा द्विजवरेण वै । उस समय उनकी दृष्टि बेलोंपर ही लगी हुई थी (वे कहाँ गिरते हैं
yasmiṁs te kuṇḍale baddhe tadā dvijavareṇa vai |
Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: “Naquele momento, o brâmane de excelente porte havia prendido aqueles dois brincos a uma pele de veado. Seu olhar estava fixo apenas nas trepadeiras; não atentava para onde caíam as lianas cortadas. Assim, quase todas as lianas que ele seccionou caíram sobre a própria pele na qual os dois brincos haviam sido amarrados.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how fixation on a single task can lead to negligence about consequences; even in simple actions, heedfulness (apramāda) matters, especially when valuable objects are involved.
An eminent brahmin has tied two earrings onto a deerskin. While cutting creepers, the person(s) involved keep watching only the vines, not where they fall, and the cut vines mostly land on the same deerskin where the earrings are secured.