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Shloka 94

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

धातवो हरितालस्य क्वचिद्धिड्गुलकस्य च । मन:शिलागुहाश्रैव सन्ध्या भ्रनिकरोपमा:,“कहीं हरितालसम्बन्धी धातु हैं और कहीं हिंगुलसम्बन्धी। कहीं मैनसिलकी गुफाएँ हैं, जो संध्याकालीन लाल बादलोंके समान जान पड़ती हैं

dhātavo haritālasya kvacid hiṅgulakasya ca | manaḥśilā-guhāś caiva sandhyā-bhrānti-karopamāḥ ||

قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: «في تلك الناحية، توجد في بعض المواضع عروقٌ معدنية من الزرنيخ الأصفر (الأوربيمنت)، وفي مواضع أخرى عروقٌ من الزنجفر (السينابار). وفي أماكنَ أخرى كهوفٌ من المغرة الحمراء، تبدو كغيوم الشفق القرمزية.»

धातवःminerals/ores
धातवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधातु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हरितालस्यof orpiment (haritāla)
हरितालस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootहरिताल
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
क्वचित्somewhere/at some places
क्वचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्वचित्
हिङ्गुलकस्यof cinnabar (hiṅgula)
हिङ्गुलकस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootहिङ्गुलक
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मनःशिला-गुहाःcaves of realgar (manahśilā)
मनःशिला-गुहाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनःशिला-गुहा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सन्ध्या-भ्र-निकर-उपमाःcomparable to masses of twilight-clouds
सन्ध्या-भ्र-निकर-उपमाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसन्ध्या-भ्र-निकर-उपमा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
H
haritāla (orpiment)
H
hiṅgulaka (cinnabar)
M
manaḥśilā (red ochre)
G
guhāḥ (caves)
S
sandhyā (twilight)

Educational Q&A

The verse primarily offers a vivid natural description rather than a direct moral injunction; it cultivates attentiveness to the world’s varied forms and the mind’s tendency to perceive beauty through comparison (upamā), a subtle reminder that perception shapes experience.

Vaiśampāyana is describing a terrain encountered in the course of the Vana Parva narrative, noting different mineral deposits—yellow orpiment, red cinnabar, and red-ochre caves—whose colors evoke the red clouds seen at twilight.