Shloka 39
नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः
Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city
सिंहशार्दूलमातड्भवराहर्क्षमृगायुतम् । पतत्र्त्रिभिबहुविधै: समन््तादनुनादितम्,यह सिंह, व्याप्र, हाथी, सूअर, रीछ और मृगोंसे परिपूर्ण है। इसके चारों ओर अनेक प्रकारके पक्षी कलरव कर रहे हैं
siṁhaśārdūlamātaṅgavarāharkṣamṛgāyutam | patattribhir bahuvidhaiḥ samantād anunāditam ||
It is filled with lions and tigers, elephants, boars, bears, and herds of deer; and on every side it resounds with the varied calls of many kinds of birds.
बृहृदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds attentive perception of the forest’s fullness—predators, prey, and birdsong—suggesting a dharmic sensibility of seeing the world as an ordered, living whole where many beings coexist, each with its own place and voice.
Bṛhadaśva is describing a forest region (or a particular tract of wilderness) as teeming with wild animals and echoing with birds, setting the scene and mood for the characters’ movement through the Vana (forest) setting.