Shloka 5
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
प्रग्रहैश्नर्मपट्टेश्न तं बद्ध्वा पर्वतोपमम् । नाशवनुवन् समुद्धर्तु ततो जम्मुर्जनार्दनम्
pragrahaiś carmapaṭṭaiś ca taṃ baddhvā parvatopamam | nāśakan nu samuddhartum tato jagmur janārdanam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Itinali nila sa mga lubid at sinturong balat ang nilalang na tila bundok, ngunit hindi pa rin nila ito mahila palabas. Nang hindi nila ito mailigtas, lumapit sila kay Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When determined effort and even collective strength fail, one should recognize limits without pride and seek rightful counsel and higher support; dharmic action includes knowing when to turn to wisdom and the divine rather than persisting in futile force.
A group attempts to extract a mountain-like creature by tying it with ropes and leather straps and pulling hard, but it does not move; failing to remove it, they go to Janardana (Krishna) for help.