Shloka 11
दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्
Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas
यथा भाजनमच्छिद्रं नि:शब्दमिव लक्ष्यते । तच्चाम्भसा पूर्यमाणं सशब्दं कुरुतेडनिल:
yathā bhājanam acchidraṃ niḥśabdam iva lakṣyate | tac cāmbhasā pūryamāṇaṃ saśabdaṃ kurute 'nilāḥ ||
Như một chiếc bình không lỗ, trông như lặng im; nhưng khi bị khoét lỗ rồi đổ đầy nước, gió khiến nó vang lên tiếng động.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that apparent silence or stability can be disrupted when there is an opening—symbolically, a vulnerability or defect—through which external conditions enter; then subtle forces (like wind) can produce agitation and ‘noise.’
Bharadvāja illustrates his point with an example: an intact pot seems silent, but once pierced and filled with water, the wind interacting with it produces sound—an analogy used to explain how disturbance arises when conditions and vulnerabilities combine.