Shloka 46
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
कौशिकोडप्यभवद् विप्रस्तपस्वी नो बहुश्रुतः । नदीनां संगमे ग्रामाददूरात्ू स किलावसत्,इसी तरह कौशिक नामका एक तपस्वी ब्राह्मण था, जो बहुत पढ़ा-लिखा या शास्त्रज्ञ नहीं था। वह गाँवके पास ही नदियोंके संगमपर निवास करता था
kauśiko 'py abhavad vipras tapasvī no bahuśrutaḥ | nadīnāṃ saṅgame grāmād adūrāt sa kilāvasat |
वायुरुवाच—कौशिको नाम विप्रस्तपस्वी चाभवत्, न च बहुश्रुतः। स ग्रामाददूरान्नदीनां संगमे किलावसत्।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical example: spiritual practice (tapas) and a simple life may exist without extensive scriptural scholarship (bahuśruta). It invites reflection on how dharma is tested in lived situations, not only in learned discourse.
Vāyu introduces a character—Kauśika, an ascetic brāhmaṇa of limited formal learning—by locating him near a village at a river confluence, preparing the listener for a moral episode involving him.