Shloka 27
Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage
ततः प्रदुद्रुवु: सर्वे विप्रसंघा: समनन््ततः । गौतमो<पि सुवर्णस्य भारमादाय सत्वर:
tataḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve viprasaṅghāḥ samanantataḥ | gautamo ’pi suvarṇasya bhāram ādāya satvaraḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Pagkaraan nito, ang lahat ng pangkat ng mga brahmin ay nagsitakas sa iba’t ibang panig. Si Gautama man ay nagmadaling buhatin ang mabigat na kargang ginto at nagmamadaling lumakad; nabibigatan at nahihirapan, nagtungo siya sa punong balete. Pagdating doon, naupo siya sa matinding pagod—pinahihirapan ng gutom at nilalamon ng panghihina.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how attachment to wealth and the pressure of fear can overwhelm discernment: even those expected to embody restraint may act impulsively, and the very burden of greed becomes a cause of suffering (fatigue, hunger, distress).
After a triggering event (implied by 'thereupon'), the brāhmaṇas scatter and flee in all directions. Gautama also rushes off carrying a heavy load of gold, hurrying toward a banyan tree; upon reaching it he sits down, exhausted and hungry.