Shloka 12
Cavana’s Tests of Kuśika and the Queen (अध्याय ५३: च्यवन–कुशिक-परिक्षा)
त॑ं देशं समुपाजग्मुर्जालहस्ता महाद्युते । निषादा बहवस्तत्र मत्स्योद्धरणनिश्चया:
taṁ deśaṁ samupājagmur jālahastā mahādyute | niṣādā bahavas tatra matsyoddharaṇaniścayāḥ ||
ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ ผู้รุ่งเรืองยิ่ง! พวกนิษาทะจำนวนมากถือแหอยู่ในมือ มายังสถานที่นั้น ด้วยความตั้งใจแน่วแน่จะจับปลาแล้วนำไป”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds intention (niścaya) and livelihood-driven action: a group arrives with a clear resolve to capture fish. In the Anuśāsana context, such scenes often serve to frame ethical reflection on harm, duty, and the moral weight of deliberate action.
Bhīṣma narrates that many Niṣādas, carrying nets, reach a particular place with the purpose of catching/hauling out fish—setting up the next events involving the fish and the consequences of their determined pursuit.