Shloka 18
पर्वतोंकी गुफाओं तथा कन्दराओंमें लेटे, झाड़ियोंमें छिपे और वनमें विचरते हुए जोर- जोरसे दहाड़नेवाले सिंहों और व्याप्रोंकी गर्जनासे वह स्थान गूँज रहा था ।। तेषु तेष्ववकाशेषु शोभितं सुमनोरमम् । त्रिविष्टपसमप्रख्यं दधीचाश्रममागमन्,विभिन्न स्थानोंमें अधिक शोभा पानेवाला महर्षि दधीचका वह मनोरम आश्रम स्वर्गके समान प्रतीत होता था। देवता लोग वहाँ आ पहुँचे
teṣu teṣv avakāśeṣu śobhitaṃ sumanoramam | triviṣṭapasamaprakhyaṃ dadhīcāśramam āgaman ||
Lomaśa said: In that forest region, the roaring of lions and tigers—lying in mountain caves and ravines, hidden in thickets, and roaming through the woods—made the place resound. Amid such varied tracts stood the exceedingly beautiful hermitage of the great sage Dadhīca, radiant in different spots and seeming like heaven itself; and the gods arrived there.
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how spiritual discipline (tapas) and righteous living can establish a zone of peace and sacredness even amid a dangerous wilderness; such purity becomes worthy of divine attention and visitation.
Lomaśa describes a forest echoing with the roars of lions and tigers, then introduces the strikingly beautiful hermitage of sage Dadhīca, likened to heaven, where the gods arrive.