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Shloka 21

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

तथैव स गिरिर्भूय: प्रपुष्पितलताद्रुम: । सपक्षिगणसंघुष्ट: सश्वापदसरीसूप:,वह पर्वत फिर पहलेकी ही भाँति खिली हुई लताओं और वृक्षोंसे सुशोभित होने लगा। वहाँ पक्षी चहचहाने लगे। वहाँ हिंसक पशु और सर्प आदि जीव-जन्तु जी उठे

tathaiva sa girir bhūyaḥ prapuṣpitalatādrumaḥ | sapakṣigaṇasaṃghuṣṭaḥ saśvāpadasarīsṛpaḥ ||

Bhishma sagte: Ebenso schmückte sich jener Berg erneut mit blühenden Ranken und Bäumen. Er hallte wider vom Ruf der Vogelscharen, und die Tiere und kriechenden Geschöpfe—Wildtiere und Schlangen—kehrten dort zu Leben und Regsamkeit zurück.

तथाthus, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सःthat (he/it)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गिरिःmountain
गिरिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूयःagain, once more
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
प्रपुष्पित-लता-द्रुमःhaving creepers and trees in full bloom
प्रपुष्पित-लता-द्रुमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रपुष्पित (√पुष्प्/पुष्प्) + लता + द्रुम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स-पक्षि-गण-संघुष्टःresounding with flocks of birds
स-पक्षि-गण-संघुष्टः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस + पक्षि + गण + संघुष्ट (√घुष्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स-श्वापद-सरीसृपःwith wild beasts and reptiles (present)
स-श्वापद-सरीसृपः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस + श्वापद + सरीसृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
M
mountain (giri)
C
creepers (latā)
T
trees (druma)
B
birds (pakṣi)
W
wild beasts (śvāpada)
R
reptiles/serpents (sarīsṛpa)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses ecological renewal as a moral-narrative sign: when conditions become favorable again, life and harmony return—suggesting restoration after disruption and the re-emergence of auspicious order.

Bhishma describes a mountain returning to its former vitality: flowering vines and trees reappear, birds fill it with sound, and wild animals and serpents become active again, indicating a revived, living landscape.