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श्येनकपोतीय (zyenakapotIya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
श्येन—कपोतीय
mfn.
 (the story) of the hawk and the pigeon (cf. शिबि),
MBh.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
श्येनकपोतीय
वि* - -
आकस्मिक संकट
Mahabharata
English
Śyenakapotīya(ṃ) (“the episode relating to the hawk and the pigeon”). § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 448 (ºm upākhyānam).--§ 411 (Plakshāv.): Indra in the shape of a hawk and Agni in that of a pigeon in fear of the hawk came to test king Uśīnara's merit (III, 130). Uśīnara in vain offered the hawk another beast, and thereafter his kingdom, in order that he might spare the pigeon (“he who slays a brahman, he who slaughters a cow, the common mother of all the worlds, and he who forsakes one asking for protection, are equally sinful”)
at last the hawk agreed upon receiving the pigeon's weight of Uśīnara's flesh
Uśīnara cut portion after portion of his flesh and placed it in the balance, and as it did not outweigh the pigeon he mounted the scale himself, utterly devoid of flesh. Then Indra said: “As long as man shall speak of thee, so long…thou shalt inhabit the holy regions.” Saying this Indra ascended to heaven, and so did king Uśīnara in a radiant shape, after having filled heaven and earth with his merits (III, 131).