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Shloka 9

Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution

Devanagari script

सामिषं कुररं दृष्टवा वध्यमानं निरामिषै: । आमिषस्य परित्यागात्‌ कुरर: सुखमेधते

Transliteration

sāmiṣaṃ kuraraṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhyamānaṃ nirāmiṣaiḥ | āmiṣasya parityāgāt kuraraḥ sukham edhate ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: Nang makita ang ibong kurara na may dalang laman, sinalakay ito ng ibang mga ibon na walang laman. Nang bitawan nito ang piraso ng karne, tumigil sila sa paghabol. Kaya, sa pagtalikod sa pain ng mga kaligayahang pandama, ang kurara ay naging panatag at umunlad sa ligaya—at sa gayon ay naging isang “guro,” sapagkat nagturo ito ng pagtalikod sa mga aliw.

Word by Word

सामिषम्having meat; with flesh (as object seen)

कुररम्the kurara-bird (osprey/sea-eagle)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

वध्यमानम्being killed/attacked

निरामिषैःby those without meat (i.e., without a flesh-piece)

आमिषस्यof the meat; of the bait/flesh

परित्यागात्from/through the abandonment (renunciation)

कुररःthe kurara-bird

सुखम्happiness; ease

एधतेthrives; prospers; grows

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

kurara (bird)

āmiṣa (morsel of meat)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attachment to tempting possessions (āmiṣa, ‘bait’) invites conflict and suffering; relinquishing the object of craving removes the cause of harassment and brings peace—an ethical lesson in vairāgya (detachment).

What is happening in the narrative?

A kurara bird flying with a piece of meat is attacked by other birds; when it drops the meat, the attackers stop, and the bird becomes safe and content—serving as an illustrative ‘guru’ for renouncing enjoyments.