तेषाम् अण्डानि सर्वेषां भक्षयाम् आस पापकृत् ॥
स हंसः संप्रमत्तानाम् अप्रमत्तः स्वकर्मणि ॥
ततः प्रक्षीयमाणेषु तेष्व् अण्डेष्व् अण्डजो ऽपरः ॥
अशङ्कत महाप्राज्ञस् तं कदा चिद् ददर्श ह ॥
ततः स कथयाम् आस दृष्ट्वा हंसस्य किल्बिषम् ॥
तेषां परमदुःखार्तः स पक्षी सर्वपक्षिणाम् ॥
ततः प्रत्यक्षतो दृष्ट्वा पक्षिणस् ते समागताः ॥
निजघ्नुस् तं तदा हंसं मिथ्यावृत्तं कुरूद्वह ॥
teṣām aṇḍāni sarveṣāṃ bhakṣayām āsa pāpakṛt ||
sa haṃsaḥ saṃpramattānām apramattaḥ svakarmaṇi ||
tataḥ prakṣīyamāṇeṣu teṣv aṇḍeṣv aṇḍajo 'paraḥ ||
aśaṅkata mahāprājñas taṃ kadā cid dadarśa ha ||
tataḥ sa kathayām āsa dṛṣṭvā haṃsasya kilbiṣam ||
teṣāṃ paramaduḥkhārtaḥ sa pakṣī sarvapakṣiṇām ||
tataḥ pratyakṣato dṛṣṭvā pakṣiṇas te samāgatāḥ ||
nijaghnus taṃ tadā haṃsaṃ mithyāvṛttaṃ kurūdvaha ||
"That swan, untiring in his [wicked] business among the unwary [birds], devoured the eggs of them all, the evildoer. But when those eggs began to dwindle, another egg-born one, most wise, grew suspicious and once saw him [at it]. Then he, having seen the swan's misdeed, deeply grieved, told it to all the birds. And, having seen it with their own eyes, the birds, gathering together, killed that swan, who had acted deceitfully, O upholder of the Kurus."
3625acbec295 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:40:28 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The hypocrite destroys in secret, "untiring" in evil while those who trust him are unwary — but deception is not eternal: the dwindling betrays the predator, the vigilant one notices, and the assembly of the deceived carries out judgment. It is telling that this parable is about the inevitable exposure of hidden evil. The verse teaches that secret wrongdoing carries within it the seed of its own disclosure: sooner or later the shortfall will reveal the thief, and the common truth will rise against the lone lie. But bitter is Shishupala's blindness: in telling of the hypocrite's execution, he does not see that he himself fits the parable — for the hypocrite here is not Bhishma, who reveres the Lord, but the one who, under the guise of zeal for dharma, reviles the Supreme.