Shloka 19

Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine

Sanskrit

कच्चित् ते कुशलं ब्रह्मन्नाश्रमे मृगपक्षिषु ।

वृक्षेष्वथ लता-गुल्म-त्वक्सार-तृणजातिषु ॥

Transliteration

kaccit te kuśalaṃ brahmann āśrame mṛgapakṣiṣu | vṛkṣeṣv atha latā-gulma-tvaksāra-tṛṇajātiṣu ||

Translation

Ó brāhmana, está tudo bem em teu eremitério—entre os veados e as aves, e igualmente entre as árvores, as trepadeiras e os arbustos, as plantas de casca e medula, e as diversas espécies de relvas?

Speakers

• Unspecified interlocutor addressing a brāhmaṇa/āśrama-dweller (frame-dialogue courtesy inquiry)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Āśrama-life
• Ahimsā / care for living beings
• Ecological harmony
• Forest-hermitage culture