Shloka 22
पाण्डवानां पाञ्चालगमनम्
The Pāṇḍavas’ Journey toward Pāñcāla and News of the Svayaṃvara
हंसचन्द्रप्रतीकाशां नन्दिनीं तां जहार गाम् । कशादण्डप्रणुदितां काल्यमानामितस्तत:,गन्धर्व कहता है--अर्जुन! वसिष्ठजीके यों कहनेपर विश्वामित्रने मानो बलपूर्वक ही हंस और चन्द्रमाके समान श्वेत रंगवाली उस नन्दिनी गायका अपहरण कर लिया। उसे कोड़ों और डंडोंसे मार-मारकर इधर-उधर हाँका जा रहा था
haṃsacandrapratīkāśāṃ nandinīṃ tāṃ jahāra gām | kaśādaṇḍapraṇuditāṃ kālyamānām itastataḥ ||
乾闼婆说道：“噢，帕尔塔啊，尽管婆悉吒如此言说，毗湿瓦密多仍以强力夺走那头难陀尼母牛——洁白辉耀，如天鹅与明月。她被鞭与杖驱赶，遭击打，赶来赶去，东奔西逐。”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical breach: using force and cruelty to seize what is not rightfully one’s own. It contrasts dharmic restraint and respect for a sage’s sacred possession with the misuse of royal power driven by desire.
A Gandharva narrates to Arjuna that Viśvāmitra, ignoring Vasiṣṭha’s counsel, abducts Vasiṣṭha’s cow Nandinī. The cow is beaten and driven about with whips and sticks as she is taken away.