Shloka 4536

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ४०

Karṇa’s Pressure on the Pāñcālas; Duryodhana Disabled; Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

द्वीपद्गुमानपश्यन्तं निपातार्थे श्रमान्वितम्‌ इधर कौआ थक गया था। उसे कहीं आश्रय लेनेके लिये द्वीप या वृक्ष नहीं दिखायी दे रहे थे; अतः उसके मनमें भय समा गया और वह घबराकर अचेत-सा हो उठा

Transliteration

dvīpadgumān apaśyantaṁ nipātārthe śramānvitam

Translation

Лебедь сказал: «Изнурённый усилием и ища, где бы опуститься, он не видел ни острова, ни дерева. Не находя убежища взглядом, он впустил страх в сердце и в панике стал словно без чувств».

Word by Word

• द्वीप: island
• द्वीप: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रुमान्: trees
• द्रुमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपश्यन्तम्: not seeing
• अपश्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निपात-अर्थे: for the purpose of alighting/descending (to rest)
• निपात-अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निपातार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रम-अन्वितम्: endowed with fatigue; weary
• श्रम-अन्वितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रम + अन्वित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) in अन्वित, Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• haṁsa (the swan, speaker)
• dvīpa (island)
• druma/gumāna (tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When support and shelter seem absent, fear can overwhelm the mind; the ethical lesson is to recognize panic as a product of exhaustion and uncertainty, and to respond with steadiness and discernment rather than helplessness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The swan describes a being (contextually a bird) exhausted and looking for a place to land, but seeing no island or tree; the lack of refuge triggers fear, and the creature becomes dazed, setting up a moral illustration about distress and the need for guidance or shelter.