Shloka 23
Cavana’s Tests of Kuśika and the Queen (अध्याय ५३: च्यवन–कुशिक-परिक्षा)
स मुनिस्तत् तदा दृष्टवा मत्स्यानां कदनं कृतम् । बभूव कृपयाविष्टो नि:श्वसंश्व॒ पुन: पुन:
sa munis tat tadā dṛṣṭvā matsyānāṁ kadanaṁ kṛtam | babhūva kṛpayāviṣṭo niḥśvasaṁś ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Nang makita ng pantas na ang mga isda ay pinuksa at nilipol, napuno siya ng habag at muli’t muli’y humugot ng malalalim na buntong-hininga. Ipinahihiwatig ng tanawing ito ang maselang pagdama sa kasalanang dulot ng di-kinakailangang pananakit, at ang paggising ng awa sa pagtanaw ng pagdurusa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Witnessing suffering should awaken compassion; dharma is not only rule-following but also a cultivated sensitivity that recoils from needless violence and responds with mercy.
A sage observes that many fish have been killed (a slaughter/destruction has occurred). Seeing this, he is moved by pity and repeatedly sighs, signaling grief and empathetic distress.