Shloka 17

भूमिगुण-प्रश्नः

Inquiry into the qualities of Earth and the classification of beings

Devanagari script

द्विरंशे पिप्पलस्तत्र द्विरेशे च शशों महान्‌ । सर्वौषधिसमावाय: सर्वत: परिवारित:,इसके दो अंशमें पिप्पल और दो अंशमें महान्‌ शश दृष्टिगोचर होता है। इनके सब ओर सम्पूर्ण ओषधियोंका समुदाय फैला हुआ है

Transliteration

dvir-aṁśe pippalas tatra dvir-eśe ca śaśo mahān | sarvauṣadhi-samāvāyaḥ sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In that vision, a pippala (aśvattha) tree is seen occupying two portions, and likewise a great hare is seen occupying two portions. All around it lies an assemblage of every kind of medicinal herb, encircling it on all sides.”

Word by Word

द्विरंशेin the two-part portion

पिप्पलःthe pippala (sacred fig tree)

तत्रthere

द्विरेशेin the two-part portion called ‘reśa’ (reading uncertain)

चand

शशःthe hare/rabbit

महान्great, large

सर्वौषधि-समावायःthe assemblage/collection of all herbs

सर्वतःon all sides, everywhere

परिवारितःsurrounded, encompassed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

pippala (aśvattha) tree

śaśa (hare)

auṣadhi (medicinal herbs)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes