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विदुर उवाच । शकुनीनामिहार्थाय पाशं भूमावयोजयत् । कश्चिच्छाकुनिकस्तात पूर्वेषामिति शुश्रुम॥५-६२-६॥
Vidura said: “For the sake of catching birds here, O dear one, a certain fowler once set a snare upon the ground—so we have heard from the ancients.”
english translation
तस्मिन्द्वौ शकुनौ बद्धौ युगपत्समपौरुषौ । तावुपादाय तं पाशं जग्मतुः खचरावुभौ॥५-६२-७॥
In that snare, two birds were caught at once, equal in strength. Lifting up that snare, both of them—moving through the air—went off together.
english translation
तौ विहायसमाक्रान्तौ दृष्ट्वा शाकुनिकस्तदा । अन्वधावदनिर्विण्णो येन येन स्म गच्छतः॥५-६२-८॥
Seeing the two take to the sky, the fowler then pursued them without discouragement, running wherever they went.
english translation
तथा तमनुधावन्तं मृगयुं शकुनार्थिनम् । आश्रमस्थो मुनिः कश्चिद्ददर्शाथ कृताह्निकः॥५-६२-९॥
As he thus ran after them—the hunter seeking birds—some sage dwelling in an āśrama saw him, after completing his daily rites.
english translation
तावन्तरिक्षगौ शीघ्रमनुयान्तं महीचरम् । श्लोकेनानेन कौरव्य पप्रच्छ स मुनिस्तदा॥५-६२-१०॥
As the two moved swiftly through the air and the earthbound man followed after them, that sage questioned him then with this verse, O Kauravya.
english translation