Shloka 27
आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः
Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca
तेनानुचरता तस्मिन् वने विश्वस्तचारिणा । भक्ष्यं मृगयमाणेन चिराद् दृष्टं तदामिषम्
tenānucaratā tasmin vane viśvastacāriṇā | bhakṣyaṁ mṛgayamāṇena cirād dṛṣṭaṁ tad āmiṣam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Habang siya’y gumagala sa gubat na iyon na may lumalakas na pagtitiwala at naghahanap ng pagkain, matapos ang mahabang panahon ay nakita niya ang karne—ang pain—na ikinalat sa ibabaw ng bitag. Umakyat siya sa bitag at nagsimulang kumain ng karne.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse illustrates how unchecked hunger and overconfidence (trust without vigilance) can lead one into a snare; ethical discernment includes caution toward alluring gains that may conceal harm.
A mouse, roaming confidently in the forest while searching for food, finally spots meat laid out as bait on a trap and climbs onto it to eat.