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Shloka 1

Gṛdhra–Jambuka Saṃvāda (Dialogue of the Vulture and the Jackal) — On Grief, Kāla, and Resolve

Devanagari script

#.००3८६>- हज है अष्टचत्वारिशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: कबूतरीका विलाप और अन्निमें प्रवेश तथा उन दोनोंको स्वर्गलोककी प्राप्ति भीष्म उवाच ततो गते शाकुनिके कपोती प्राह दुःखिता । संस्मृत्य सा च भर्तारें रुवती शोककर्शिता

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | tato gate śākunike kapotī prāha duḥkhitā | saṁsmṛtya sā ca bhartāraṁ ruvatī śokakarśitā ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“尤提施提罗啊！那捕鸟人离去之后，雌鸽为悲痛所压倒，便开始哀号。她追忆其夫，泣不成声，身心皆为忧伤所摧。”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/from there

गतेwhen (he) had gone

शाकुनिकेthe fowler/hunter

कपोतीthe female pigeon

प्राहspoke/said

दुःखिताafflicted, sorrowful

संस्मृत्यhaving remembered

साshe

चand

भर्तारम्husband

रुवतीcrying, weeping

शोककर्शिताworn down by grief

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Yudhishthira

the fowler (śākunika)

the she-dove (kapotī)

the husband dove (bhartā)

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 initiates an ethical exemplum: even in personal devastation, dharma expresses itself through steadfast loyalty, compassion, and the willingness to uphold relational duties. Grief is not denied, but it becomes the ground from which higher conduct and moral resolve emerge.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the fowler departs, the she-dove remembers her slain/captured mate and begins to lament aloud, crying in intense sorrow. This sets up the subsequent actions in the episode (her response to loss and the moral consequences that follow).