Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 226
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
यस्मिंस्ते कुण्डले बद्धे तदा द्विजवरेण वै । उस समय उनकी दृष्टि बेलोंपर ही लगी हुई थी (वे कहाँ गिरते हैं
yasmiṁs te kuṇḍale baddhe tadā dvijavareṇa vai |
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Noong sandaling iyon, ang brahmanang marangal ay itinali ang dalawang hikaw sa balat ng usa. Sa mga baging lamang nakatuon ang kanyang paningin; hindi niya inintindi kung saan bumabagsak ang mga naputol na baging. Kaya’t halos lahat ng baging na kanyang pinutol ay bumagsak sa mismong balat ng usa na pinagtalian ng dalawang hikaw.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how fixation on a single task can lead to negligence about consequences; even in simple actions, heedfulness (apramāda) matters, especially when valuable objects are involved.
An eminent brahmin has tied two earrings onto a deerskin. While cutting creepers, the person(s) involved keep watching only the vines, not where they fall, and the cut vines mostly land on the same deerskin where the earrings are secured.