Shloka 24
नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः
Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city
यूथभ्रष्टामिवैकां मां हरिणीं पृुथुलोचन । न मानयसि मामार्य रुदन्तीमरिकर्शन,पृथ्वीनाथ! मैं दीन, दुर्बल, कान्तिहीन और मलिन होकर आधे वस्त्रसे अपने अंगोंको ढककर अकेली अनाथ-सी विलाप कर रही हूँ। विशाल नेत्रोंवाले शत्रुसूदन आर्य! मेरी दशा अपने झुंडसे बिछुड़ी हुई हरिणीकी-सी हो रही है। मैं यहाँ अकेली रो रही हूँ। परंतु आप मेरा मान नहीं रखते हैं
Bṛhadaśva uvāca — yūthabhraṣṭām ivaikāṁ māṁ hariṇīṁ pṛthulocana | na mānayasi mām ārya rudantīm arikarṣaṇa ||
Bṛhadaśva nói: “Ôi người mắt rộng, ta như con nai cái lẻ loi lạc khỏi đàn. Thế mà, dù ta đang khóc, ngài—bậc cao quý, kẻ khuất phục quân thù—vẫn chẳng đoái hoài, chẳng tôn trọng ta.”
बृहृदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharmic obligation: one should not disregard a person in distress. Ignoring the weeping and isolated is portrayed as a failure of honor and ethical responsibility.
A speaker (introduced as Bṛhadaśva) voices a lament, comparing the sufferer to a doe separated from her herd, and reproaches the addressed hero—described as wide-eyed and a subduer of enemies—for not showing due regard despite the crying.