हरिश्चन्द्रो रन्तिदेव उञ्छवृत्ति: शिबिर्बलि: । व्याध: कपोतो बहवो ह्यध्रुवेण ध्रुवं गता: ॥ २१ ॥
hariścandro rantideva uñchavṛttiḥ śibir baliḥ vyādhaḥ kapoto bahavo hy adhruveṇa dhruvaṁ gatāḥ
- hariścandraḥ rantidevaḥ
- Hariścandra and Rantideva
- uñcha-vṛttiḥ
- Mudgala, who lived by gathering grains left behind in the fields after the harvest
- śibiḥ baliḥ
- Śibi and Bali
- vyādhaḥ
- the hunter
- kapotaḥ
- the pigeon
- bahavaḥ
- many
- hi
- indeed
- adhruveṇa
- by the temporary
- dhruvam
- to the permanent
- gatāḥ
- went
Hariścandra, Rantideva, Uñchavṛtti Mudgala, Śibi, Bali, the legendary hunter and pigeon, and many others have attained the permanent by means of the impermanent.