Shloka 30
कर्णिनालीकनाराचानुत्सूजन् भरतर्षभ । स त्वमोघानिषून् मुक््त्वा तृष्णयाभिप्रपीडित:
karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjan bharatarṣabha | sa tvam oghāniṣūn muktvā tṛṣṇayābhiprapīḍitaḥ ||
یَکش نے کہا—“اے بھرتوں میں سَرشٹھ! تم کَرنِی والے تیر، نالِک اور نارाच چھوڑ رہے ہو؛ مگر پیاس سے ستائے ہوئے ہو کر بھی تم نے اَموگھ، یعنی خطا نہ کرنے والے، تیروں کی پوری جھڑی چلا دی ہے۔”
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one possesses strength and skill (symbolized by a flawless volley of arrows), bodily craving and distress (thirst) can still dominate; the episode points toward the need for restraint, discernment, and humility before higher law (dharma).
In the Yakṣa episode, the Yakṣa addresses Yudhiṣṭhira with a pointed observation: despite being afflicted by thirst, he has acted with force and martial capability—shooting a barrage of powerful arrows—setting the stage for the Yakṣa’s moral and philosophical testing.