सेवितं नृपशार्दूल श्वापदैवैर्विविधैरपि । तत्र ये निधनं प्राप्ताः पक्षिणः कीटकादयः
sevitaṃ nṛpaśārdūla śvāpadaivairvividhairapi | tatra ye nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ kīṭakādayaḥ
اے بادشاہوں کے شیر، وہ جگہ طرح طرح کے درندوں کی آمد و رفت سے بھی آباد رہتی ہے۔ اور وہاں جو—پرندے، کیڑے مکوڑے اور دیگر جاندار—اپنا انجام پاتے ہیں…
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (‘nṛpaśārdūla’)
Scene: A sacred forest visited by predators; small beings—birds and insects—meeting death within the kṣetra, yet the atmosphere suggests protective sanctity rather than horror.
The sanctity of a tīrtha is so pervasive that even non-human beings are drawn into its sphere of spiritual consequence.
Dharmāraṇya, whose holiness is implied to affect even the fate of creatures dying there.
None in this verse; it prepares the ground for the stated fruit (phala) in subsequent verses.