भूलिङ्गशकुनिर् नाम पार्श्वे हिमवतः परे ॥
भीष्म तस्याः सदा वाचः श्रूयन्ते ऽर्थविगर्हिताः ॥
मा साहसम् इतीदं सा सततं वाशते किल ॥
साहसं चात्मनातीव चरन्ती नावबुध्यते ॥
सा हि मांसार्गलं भीष्म मुखात् सिंहस्य खादतः ॥
दन्तान्तरविलग्नं यत् तद् आदत्ते ऽल्पचेतना ॥
bhūliṅgaśakunir nāma pārśve himavataḥ pare ||
bhīṣma tasyāḥ sadā vācaḥ śrūyante 'rthavigarhitāḥ ||
mā sāhasam itīdaṃ sā satataṃ vāśate kila ||
sāhasaṃ cātmanātīva carantī nāvabudhyate ||
sā hi māṃsārgalaṃ bhīṣma mukhāt siṃhasya khādataḥ ||
dantāntaravilagnaṃ yat tad ādatte 'lpacetanā ||
"There is a bird named bhulinga [that lives] on the far side of the Himavat slope, O Bhishma; its speech is always heard to contradict its own sense. 'Do not dare!' — so it constantly cries, they say, yet itself, daring beyond all measure, does not understand what it does. For this feeble-minded bird takes the scrap of meat lodged between the teeth from the very mouth of a lion devouring its prey."
8d0eed3c7445 · 发布于 2026年7月16日 15:49:21 UTC
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The parable of the bird that preaches caution while itself recklessly snatching meat from a lion's jaws is aimed by Shishupala at Bhishma — yet falls with its whole weight upon himself. It is telling that the reviler, uttering "do not dare!", at this very hour dares more recklessly than anyone — reviling an elder honored by the Lord, at the feet of the Lord Himself. The verse teaches that a word unbacked by deed exposes the speaker; and whoever, teaching others measure, tramples it himself, is that very bird from the parable. Shishupala paints a picture of recklessness and fails to recognize himself in it, for one whose mind is darkened cannot see his own face in the mirror he holds up to another.