आगमंस् ते वनोद्देशम् अल्पमूलफलोदकम् ॥
क्रूरपक्षिमृगं घोरं सायाह्ने भरतर्षभाः ॥
घोरा समभवत् संध्या दारुणा मृगपक्षिणः ॥
अप्रकाशा दिशः सर्वा वातैर् आसन्न् अनार्तवैः ॥
ते श्रमेण च कौरव्यास् तृष्णया च प्रपीडिताः ॥
नाशक्नुवंस् तदा गन्तुं निद्रया च प्रवृद्धया ॥
āgamaṃs te vanoddeśam alpamūlaphalodakam ||
krūrapakṣimṛgaṃ ghoraṃ sāyāhne bharatarṣabhāḥ ||
ghorā samabhavat saṃdhyā dāruṇā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ||
aprakāśā diśaḥ sarvā vātair āsann anārtavaiḥ ||
te śrameṇa ca kauravyās tṛṣṇayā ca prapīḍitāḥ ||
nāśaknuvaṃs tadā gantuṃ nidrayā ca pravṛddhayā ||
"Toward evening those bulls among the Bharatas came to a bare stretch of forest, scant in roots, fruit, and water, full of fierce birds and beasts, dreadful. Dreadful the twilight became, terrible for beasts and birds, and all the quarters of the sky grew dark from untimely winds; and the Kauravas, worn out by fatigue and thirst, overcome by mounting sleep, could go no further."
138848659f1c · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:03:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the gloom of calamity thickens: the wasteland, the fierce beasts, the dreadful twilight, the darkness. It is telling that nature itself seems hostile to the exiles: untimely winds, darkness — an image of misfortune closing in on the righteous from every side. Here it is shown that the path of dharma sometimes leads through the very depths of darkness: the righteous, having escaped the fire, fall into wilderness, hunger, and fear — the trial is not yet over. Telling too is their weakness: princes, exhausted, cannot take another step. In this is the humbling that calamity brings: yesterday's lords are powerless as small children — and all the more clearly it is not their own strength but a higher Providence that protects them. Thus scripture shows the depth of misfortune before revealing a new deliverance.