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Shloka 9

शल्मलि–पवनसंवादः

The Dialogue of Śalmali and Pavana

उदतिष्ठत संघर्षात्‌ सुमहान्‌ हव्यवाहन: । तद्‌ वन॑ वृक्षसम्पूर्ण लताविटपसंकुलम्‌

udatiṣṭhata saṅgharṣāt sumahān havyavāhanaḥ | tad vanaṁ vṛkṣasampūrṇaṁ latāviṭapasaṅkulam ||

قال بيشما: من ذلك الاحتكاك العنيف نهضت نار عظيمة جدًّا—هافيافاهانا، حاملة القرابين. تلك الغابة الكثيفة بالأشجار، المتشابكة بالمتسلّقات والأدغال المتفرّعة، استولى عليها اللهيب، مُبيّنًا أن القوة إذا لم تُكبح استطاعت سريعًا أن تلتهم حتى ما يبدو وفيرًا وآمنًا.

उदतिष्ठतarose, stood up
उदतिष्ठत:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था (स्था)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
संघर्षात्from friction, from rubbing
संघर्षात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंघर्ष
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
सुमहान्very great
सुमहान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमहत् (महान्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हव्यवाहनःAgni (the carrier of oblations)
हव्यवाहनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यवाहन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वनम्forest
वनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वृक्षसम्पूर्णम्filled with trees
वृक्षसम्पूर्णम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवृक्षसम्पूर्ण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
लताविटपसंकुलम्dense with creepers and branches
लताविटपसंकुलम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootलताविटपसंकुल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
Agni (Havyavāhana)
F
forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses the image of fire born from friction to suggest that conflict and uncontrolled force can quickly escalate and destroy even a flourishing environment; it implicitly commends restraint and foresight as ethical safeguards.

Bhīṣma describes a great fire arising from intense friction and spreading into a forest thick with trees, creepers, and branches, setting the scene for an illustrative example about how destructive power can propagate through dense conditions.