Shloka 15

Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma

The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः

Devanagari script

सहोमया च भवति दर्शनं कामरूपिण: । अस्मिन्‌ सरसि सम्रैवैं चैत्रे मासि पिनाकिनम्‌

Transliteration

sahomayā ca bhavati darśanaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | asmin sarasi samraivaiṃ caitre māsi pinākinam |

Translation

“Và cùng với Sahomā, người ta có thể thấy một linh kiến về đấng biến hóa khôn lường. Ngay tại hồ này, vào tháng Caitra, (có thể) chiêm ngưỡng Pinākin—Śiva, đấng mang cung Pināka.”

Word by Word

सहtogether/along with

उमयाwith Umā

चand

भवतिis/occurs/happens

दर्शनम्a sight/appearance/vision

कामरूपिणःof the one who assumes forms at will

अस्मिन्in this

सरसिin the lake

सम्together/fully (preverb)

एवindeed/just

चैत्रेin (the month) Caitra

मासिin the month

पिनाकिनम्Pinākin (Śiva, bearer of the bow Pināka)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sahomā

Pinākin (Śiva)

this lake (saras)

Caitra (month)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea of darśana—encountering the divine—being connected to sacred places and auspicious times, suggesting that reverence, right context, and readiness can open the way to spiritual vision.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker points to a specific lake and a specific season (the month of Caitra) as the setting in which one may obtain a vision of a wondrous, form-assuming being and especially of Pinākin (Śiva), indicating a sacred event or promised theophany tied to that location.