संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
न हृतं तं वयं विद्मः श्येनेन आखुं कथं चनna hṛtaṃ taṃ vayaṃ vidmaḥ śyenena ākhuṃ kathaṃ canawe do not know at all that the mouse was carried off by the hawk;
अन्ये अपि भवितारः अत्र तेभ्यः अपि भयम् एव नःanye api bhavitāraḥ atra tebhyaḥ api bhayam eva naḥand there may be other mice here too, and from them also we have fear;
संशयः हि अग्निः आगच्छेत् दृष्टं वायोः निवर्तनम्saṃśayaḥ hi agniḥ āgacchet dṛṣṭaṃ vāyoḥ nivartanamit is doubtful whether the fire will come, but a shift of the wind is already visible;
मृत्युः नः बिलवासिभ्यः भवेत् मातः असंशयम्mṛtyuḥ naḥ bilavāsibhyaḥ bhavet mātaḥ asaṃśayambut death for us, dwellers of the hole, would be certain, mother;
निःसंशयात् संशयितः मृत्युः मातः विशिष्यतेniḥsaṃśayāt saṃśayitaḥ mṛtyuḥ mātaḥ viśiṣyatea doubtful death is preferable to a certain one, mother;
चर खे त्वं यथान्यायं पुत्रान् वेत्स्यसि शोभनान्cara khe tvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ putrān vetsyasi śobhanānroam the sky as is fitting; you will find good sons again."
शार्ङ्गकाśārṅgakāoriginal form "śārṅgakā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऊचुःūcuḥoriginal form "ūcuḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्येनेनाखुंśyenenākhuṃoriginal form "śyenenākhuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवितारोbhavitārooriginal form "bhavitāro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽत्र'traoriginal form "'tra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेभ्योtebhyooriginal form "tebhyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संशयोsaṃśayooriginal form "saṃśayo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ह्य्hyoriginal form "hy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अग्निर्agniroriginal form "agnir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आगच्छेद्āgacchedoriginal form "āgacched", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वायोर्vāyororiginal form "vāyor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मृत्युर्mṛtyuroriginal form "mṛtyur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नोnooriginal form "no", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बिलवासिभ्योbilavāsibhyooriginal form "bilavāsibhyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवेन्bhavenoriginal form "bhaven", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मातर्mātaroriginal form "mātar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संशयितोsaṃśayitooriginal form "saṃśayito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मृत्युर्mṛtyuroriginal form "mṛtyur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मातर्mātaroriginal form "mātar", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the children reason soberly, weighing the certain against the uncertain. The principle stated is telling: 'a doubtful death is preferable to a certain one' — the wise choose the lesser, uncertain risk over sure destruction. In this lies the gift of discernment [viveka], undeceived by wishful desire. So the scripture shows the good sense of the fledglings; and they do not entrust themselves to unverified hope.