Shloka 3
संशयो वह्लिरागच्छेद् दृष्टं वायोर्निवर्तनम् । मृत्यु्नों बिलवासिभ्यो बिले स्याजन्नात्र संशय:,आग यहाँतक आयेगी, इसमें संदेह है; क्योंकि वायुके वेगसे अग्निका दूसरी ओर पलट जाना भी देखा गया है। परंतु बिलमें तो उसके भीतर रहनेवाले जीवोंसे हमारी मृत्यु होनेमें कोई संशय ही नहीं है
saṁśayo vahnir āgacched dṛṣṭaṁ vāyor nivartanam | mṛtyur no bilavāsibhyo bile syāj nâtra saṁśayaḥ ||
毗舍波耶那说：“火势或许也会逼近我们——此处尚有疑虑——因为人们曾见强风能将火焰逼回反向。然若入洞穴，则毫无疑问：在那里，居于其中的生灵必将使我们丧命。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts uncertain danger with certain danger: one should distinguish between risks that are merely possible (fire might reach due to shifting wind) and risks that are virtually guaranteed (death in the burrow from its inhabitants), and choose actions with clear-eyed prudence.
Vaiśampāyana reports a warning or counsel in which the speaker evaluates two threats—approaching fire and the peril of entering a burrow—arguing that while the fire’s course is uncertain due to wind, the burrow poses a definite mortal threat from the creatures living inside.