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Shloka 15

अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः

Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire

तापनीया सुरुचिरा ध्वजयष्टिरनुत्तमा । तस्यां तु वानरो दिव्य: सिंहशार्दूलकेतन:,उस रथका ध्वजदण्ड बड़ा सुन्दर और सुवर्णमय था। उसके ऊपर सिंह और व्याप्रके समान भयंकर आकृतिवाला दिव्य वानर बैठा था

tāpanīyā surucirā dhvajayaṣṭir anuttamā | tasyāṃ tu vānaro divyaḥ siṃhaśārdūlaketanaḥ ||

قال فايشَمبايانا: «كان ساريَةُ راية العربة في غاية الحسن، مصوغةً من ذهبٍ مصفّى لا يُجارى في بهائه. وعلى قمّتها جلس قردٌ إلهيّ، يحمل شعارًا مهيبًا بضراوة الأسد والنمر.»

तापनीयाmade of refined gold
तापनीया:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतापनीय
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सुरुचिराvery beautiful
सुरुचिरा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरुचिर
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
ध्वजयष्टिःflagstaff (banner-pole)
ध्वजयष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootध्वजयष्टि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अनुत्तमाunsurpassed, excellent
अनुत्तमा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तस्याम्on it / in it (on that flagstaff)
तस्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वानरःmonkey
वानरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवानर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दिव्यःdivine, celestial
दिव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सिंहशार्दूलकेतनःhaving a lion-and-tiger emblem/banner
सिंहशार्दूलकेतनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसिंहशार्दूलकेतन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
dhvajayaṣṭi (flagstaff)
D
dhvaja (banner/standard)
D
divya vānara (divine monkey emblem)

Educational Q&A

Epic imagery uses royal emblems to express inner qualities: refined gold suggests nobility and excellence, while the fierce lion-tiger symbolism projects courage and deterrence—ethical strength in protecting one’s side and upholding kṣatriya duty.

The narrator describes a chariot’s banner: an exceptionally beautiful golden flagstaff, on which a divine monkey emblem is set, characterized as terrifying like a lion and tiger—signaling power and martial prestige.