गन्धर्व उवाच
एवम् उक्त्वा ततस् तूर्णं जगामोर्ध्वम् अनिन्दिता ॥
स तु राजा पुनर् भूमौ तत्रैव निपपात ह ॥
अमात्यः सानुयात्रस् तु तं ददर्श महावने ॥
क्षितौ निपतितं काले शक्रध्वजम् इवोच्छ्रितम् ॥
तं हि दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासं निरश्वं पतितं क्षितौ ॥
बभूव सो ऽस्य सचिवः संप्रदीप्त इवाग्निना ॥
gandharva uvāca
evam uktvā tatas tūrṇaṃ jagāmordhvam aninditā ||
sa tu rājā punar bhūmau tatraiva nipapāta ha ||
amātyaḥ sānuyātras tu taṃ dadarśa mahāvane ||
kṣitau nipatitaṃ kāle śakradhvajam ivocchritam ||
taṃ hi dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsaṃ niraśvaṃ patitaṃ kṣitau ||
babhūva so 'sya sacivaḥ saṃpradīpta ivāgninā ||
The Gandharva said: "So having spoken, the blameless maiden at once rose upward, and that king again fell to the ground. The minister, with his retinue, saw him in the great forest, fallen, like the towering standard of Indra cast down; and seeing that great archer, bereft of his horse, fallen to the ground, his counselor became as if engulfed by fire of grief."
ad820b51d765 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:29:43 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the devotion of a good counselor shows itself. It is telling that the minister, seeing the fallen king, is "as if engulfed by fire": a faithful servant suffers his lord's misfortune as his own. Here it becomes clear that devotion is measured by compassion: one who is truly attached feels another's pain as his own. Telling, too, is the comparison of the king to the toppled standard of Indra — fallen greatness. Thus the text shows the grief of the faithful at the sight of a stricken lord; and this very love will move him to help.