हिरण्यष्ठीविनः कश् चित् पक्षिणो वनगोचरान् ॥
गृहे किल कृतावासांल् लोभाद् राजन्न् अपीडयत् ॥
सदोपभोज्यांल् लोभान्धो हिरण्यार्थे परंतप ॥
आयतिं च तदात्वं च उभे सद्यो व्यनाशयत् ॥
तदात्वकामः पाण्डूंस् त्वं मा द्रुहो भरतर्षभ ॥
मोहात्मा तप्यसे पश्चात् पक्षिहा पुरुषो यथा ॥
hiraṇyaṣṭhīvinaḥ kaś cit pakṣiṇo vanagocarān ||
gṛhe kila kṛtāvāsāṃl lobhād rājann apīḍayat ||
sadopabhojyāṃl lobhāndho hiraṇyārthe paraṃtapa ||
āyatiṃ ca tadātvaṃ ca ubhe sadyo vyanāśayat ||
tadātvakāmaḥ pāṇḍūṃs tvaṃ mā druho bharatarṣabha ||
mohātmā tapyase paścāt pakṣihā puruṣo yathā ||
"A certain man, out of greed, tormented the gold-spitting forest birds that had settled in his house, O king. Blinded by greed, for the sake of gold, O scourge of foes, he destroyed both the future and the present good at once. Desiring a momentary gain, do not harm the Pandavas, O bull of the Bharatas; having lost your senses, you will repent afterward, like that bird-killer."
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The parable of the golden birds strikes at the heart of avarice: the one who killed the source destroyed both the future and the present. Telling is how shortsighted greed is — it seizes at once what would have given lastingly, and thereby destroys itself. The verse teaches that violence against the source of good is self-destructive: one who cuts open the hen for the sake of the eggs is left with neither. And for the house of Kuru the Pandavas are exactly these golden birds: their strength and valor are the possession of the whole family, and to turn them into enemies is to slaughter one's own future. Greed for the immediate (tadātva) is blind to the future (āyati); one who destroys a lasting good for present gain will, like the bird-killer, be left with nothing and will repent in vain.