Shloka 71

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

Devanagari script

तथा शालांस्तमालांश्व पाटलान्‌ बकुलानपि । माला इव समासक्ता: शैलानां शिखरेषु च,इसी तरह शाल, तमाल, पाटल और बकुल आदि वृक्ष उन शैलशिखरोंपर धारण की हुई मालाकी भाँति शोभा पा रहे थे

Transliteration

tathā śālāṁs tamālāṁś ca pāṭalān bakulān api | mālā iva samāsaktāḥ śailānāṁ śikhareṣu ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “So too, śāla, tamāla, pāṭala, and bakula trees clung to the mountain peaks, adorning them like garlands.” The scene heightens the epic’s sense of the forest as a living, ordered realm—beauty and harmony persisting even amid the hardships of exile.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शालान्: śāla trees
• शालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तमालान्: tamāla trees
• तमालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाटलान्: pāṭala trees
• पाटलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बकुलान्: bakula trees
• बकुलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मालाः: garlands
• मालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• समासक्ताः: attached, clinging
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√सञ्ज् (समासज्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• शैलानाम्: of the mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शिखरेषु: on the peaks
• शिखरेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śāla tree
• tamāla tree
• pāṭala tree
• bakula tree
• mountain (śaila)
• mountain peak (śikhara)
• garland (mālā)