Shloka 35
Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage
इमं हत्वा गृहीत्वा च यास्ये5हं समभिद्रुतम्
imaṁ hatvā gṛhītvā ca yāsye ’haṁ samabhidrutam
毗湿摩说道：“杀了这一个并夺取它，我便立刻启程，迅速离去。”于是，那忘恩负义之人被焦虑所淹没——“我如今当以何法保全性命？”——见路上无食可得，便在心中盘算：“苍鹭之王罗阇达摩（Rājadharmā）就在我身边。他是一大堆肉。我将杀了他，带走他，并迅速离开此地。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Need and fear do not justify adharma: betraying a protector or benefactor is condemned as kṛtaghnatā (ingratitude). The episode highlights that dharma includes gratitude, restraint, and fidelity to trust, even under pressure.
A desperate, hungry man finds no food on the road and decides to kill and carry off Rājadharmā, the king of herons who is with him, rationalizing that the bird is ‘a great heap of flesh.’ The line quoted captures his resolve to kill, seize, and flee quickly.