Shloka 8
कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च
The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion
तस्मै शुश्रूषमाणाय भार्गवोडकथयत् कथाम् । इमां यथा कपोतेन सिद्धि: प्राप्ता नराधिप,नरेश्वर! तब परशुरामजीने सुननेके लिये उत्सुक हुए मुचुकुन्दको कबूतरने जिस प्रकार सिद्धि प्राप्ति की थी, वह कथा कह सुनायी
tasmai śuśrūṣamāṇāya bhārgavo ’kathayat kathām | imāṁ yathā kapotena siddhiḥ prāptā narādhipa ||
اُسے سننے اور خدمت کرنے کے لیے بےتاب دیکھ کر بھارگو (پرشورام) نے، اے نرادھپ، یہ حکایت سنائی—کہ کس طرح ایک کبوتر نے اپنے کردار کے ذریعے سِدھی (روحانی کمال) حاصل کی۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral exemplum: sincere attentiveness and service (śuśrūṣā) make one fit to receive instruction, and the ensuing story of the dove is presented as a model of dharmic conduct leading to siddhi—true success understood as ethical and spiritual attainment.
Bhīṣma says that Bhārgava (Paraśurāma), seeing his listener eager to hear, begins narrating a specific tale—how a dove achieved siddhi—addressing the king as the audience for this instructive story.