Shloka 25
Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda
Kārttikeya
सर्वरत्नमयैश्रित्रैरवगाढा द्रुमोत्तमै: । जातरूपमयैश्चान्यैहुताशनसमप्रभै:,कितने ही उत्तम वृक्ष अपने मूलभागके द्वारा उन नदियोंके जलमें प्रविष्ट दिखायी देते हैं। वे सर्वरत्नमय विचित्र देखे जाते हैं। कितने ही सुवर्णमय होते हैं और दूसरे बहुत-से वृक्ष प्रज्ज्वलित अग्निके समान प्रकाशित होते हैं
sarvaratnamayaiś citrair avagāḍhā drumottamaiḥ | jātarūpamayaiś cānyai hutāśanasamaprabhaiḥ ||
Vyāsa said: Many excellent trees are seen with their roots plunged deep into the waters of those rivers. Some appear wondrous and variegated, as though made entirely of every kind of jewel; some are made of gold; and many others shine with a radiance equal to blazing fire.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse evokes a sacred, otherworldly landscape where nature itself appears transfigured into jewels, gold, and fire-like radiance—suggesting the extraordinary potency of holy realms and the mind’s reverence when encountering them, reinforcing a dharmic sensibility of awe toward sacred places and realities beyond ordinary perception.
Vyāsa is describing a marvelous scene: rivers whose banks (or vicinity) contain extraordinary trees with roots immersed in the waters—some jewel-like and variegated, some golden, and others shining like blazing fire—forming part of a larger visionary or sacred-geographical depiction within the Anuśāsana Parva.