Shloka 21
कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च
The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion
उस समय मूसलाधार पानी बरस रहा था। बहेलिया शीतसे पीड़ित हो अचेत सा हो गया और व्याकुल हृदयसे सारे वनमें भटकने लगा
tadā muṣaladhāraṃ jalaṃ varṣati sma | śītapīḍito vyādhaḥ prāyaśo mūrcchita iva abhavat, vyākulahṛdayaḥ sarvaṃ vanaṃ paribhraman babhūva |
Noong sandaling iyon, bumubuhos ang ulan na tila walang tigil. Ang mangangaso, pinahihirapan ng lamig, ay halos mawalan ng ulirat; at sa pusong balisa at di-mapanatag, nagpagala-gala siya sa buong gubat.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how physical hardship (cold and relentless rain) can destabilize the mind, implying the ethical need for steadiness, discernment, and compassion when people are driven to distress by circumstances.
During a violent downpour, a hunter, suffering from cold, becomes nearly unconscious and, in agitation, roams throughout the forest—an episode that prepares the ground for subsequent moral developments in Bhishma’s instruction.